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Princeton Theological
Seminary. Alumni
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Necrological reports
AND ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
VOLUME IV
1910-1919
By the Editor
1919
SUCCESSION OF OFFICERS
PRESIDENTS
873-74. Rev. John C. Backus, D.D., of Baltimore.
874-75. " Charles K. Imbrie, D.D., of Jersey City.
875-76. " E. P. Rogers, D.D., of New York City.
876-77. " George Musgrave, D.D., LL.D., of Philadelphia.
877-78. " Samuel Irenaeus Prime, D.D., of New York City.
878-79. " James R. Graham, D.D., of Winchester, Va.
879-80. " Henry H. Welles, of Kingston, Pa.
880-81. " Wm. M. Paxton, D.D., LL.D., of New York City.
881-82. " William C. Cattell, D.D., LL.D., of Easton, Pa.
882-83. " William P. Breed, D.D., of Philadelphia.
883-84. " Henry J. Van Dyke, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
884-85. " Talbot W. Chambers, D.D., of New York City.
885-86. " William Irvin, D.D., of Troy, N. Y.
886-87. " Everard Kempshall, D.D., of Elizabeth, N. J.
887-88. " Elijah R. Craven, D.D., LL.D., of Newark, N. J.
888-89. " George Alexander, D.D., of New York City.
889-90. " Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
890-91. " Charles L. Thompson, D.D., of New York City.
891-92. " Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton.
892-93. " J. Addison Henry, D.D., of Philadelphia.
893-94. " George D. Baker, D.D., of Philadelphia.
894-95. " Howard Duffield, D.D., of New York City.
895-96. " William Edward Schenck, D.D., of Philadelphia.
896-97. " John Fox, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.
897-98. " Wallace Radcliffe, D.D., of Washington, D. C.
898-99. " Henry van Dyke, D.D., LL.D., of New York City.
899-1900. " J. Frederick Dripps, D.D., of Philadelphia.
900-01. " John R. Davis, D.D., of Philadelphia.
901-02. " George T. Purves, D.D., LL.D., of New York City.
" *Samuel M. Studdikord, D.D., of Trenton, N. J.
•Succeeded to the presidency, owing to the death of Dr. Purves. and presided in 1902.
1902-03. " Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton.
1903-04. " A. Woodruff Halsey, D.D., of New York City.
1904-05. " Edward B. Hodge, D.D., of Philadelphia.
1905-06. " John DeWitt, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton.
1906-07. " William L. McEwan, D.D., of Pittsburgh, Pa.
1907-08. " J. Ritchie Smith, D.D., of Harrisburg, Pa.
1908-09. " James M. Barkley, D.D., of Detroit, Mich.
1909-10. " Charles Wood, D.D., of Washington, D. C.
1910-11. " Charles R. Erdman, D.D., of Princeton.
1911-12. " Joseph H. Dulles, of Princeton.
1912-13. " James G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D., of Chicago, 111.
1913-14. " William B. Jennings, D.D., of Philadelphia.
1914-15. " George C. Yeisley, D.D., of Hudson, N. Y.
1915-16. " Russell Cecil, D.D., of Richmond, Va.
1916-17. " William H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., of Philadelphia.
1917-18. " John McDowell, D.D., of Baltimore, Md.
1918-19. " Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., of New York City.
SECRETARIES
1872-97. Rev. William E. Schenck, D.D., of Philadelphia.
1885-87. " William H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton.
1887-1913. " Joseph H. Dulles, of Princeton.
1913-14. Prof. D. Kerr Macmillan, of Princeton.
1914- • Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, of Philadelphia.
TREASURERS
1872-85. Rev. William H. Harris, of Princeton.
1885-93. " William Henry Green, D.D., LL.D., of Princeton.
1893-1917. ' W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D. D., of Princeton.
1917- • " Charles R. Erdman, D.D., of Princeton.
EDITOR OF THE NECROLOGICAL REPORTS
191 3- . Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, of Princeton.
CORRECTIONS TO VOLUME IV
p. 13, 19th line under John Woodbridge, for 76th read 86th.
p. 17, next line to bottom, omit After this, and after Canada read, in
1872, continuing there until 1003, when he moved to
Orange, Cal.
p. 18, 15th line under Thomas Scott Witherow, for Westchester read
Winchester,
p. 21, 5th line, for 56th read 76th.
p. 26, 2nd line under John Taylor Baird, for 1884 read 1834.
p. 36, 21st line, for 1901 read 1909.
p. 78, 19th line, for W'y. read Ky.
p. 81, 5th line under Hervey Logan Vannuys, for Longforth read
Afonfort.
p. 98, nth line under McGowan, after 1869 add: He was stated supply
of the churches of Diamond Lake and Wilmar, Minn.,
1868-71.
p. 106, 6th line from bottom, after Guard add : 1879-86, and chaplain
of the California National Guard.
p. 108, nth line, after Wis. add: from June 1873 to October 1874. He
was stated supply of the church at Platteville, Wis., from
1877 until ; also strike out and was.
p. 113, 9th line, for Society read System; 1st line under Henning, for
Erwin read Irwin,
p. 114, last line, after Son of add: William Graydon and.
p. 115, for Galwey read Gallwey ; also same on p. 71.
p. 117, 15th line, for Yale read Gale.
p. 127, 6th line, James Urquhart should be in the class of 1873.
p. 178, 8th line, for 25 read 24.
p. 204, 1st line, for 1903 read 1913.
p. 273, 4th line, for William F. Magie read William J. Magie.
p. 294, next to last line, after Kelley add : who died April 5, 1909.
p. 299, 2nd line under Schenck, for 1846 read 1844.
p. 300, 23rd line, for 68th read 70th : also 26th line, after descendant
add : of one of of the captors,
p. 314, next line to bottom, for 1905 read 1895.
p. 318, 2nd line under Graham, for 1886 read 1866.
p. 415, 2nd line under Lowrie, for 1884 read 1844.
p. 472, 1st line, for who with one son read with two sons, one.
p. 550, 18th line under Williams, for Green Valley read Great Valley.
Necrological Report
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May ioth, 1910
By the Secretary
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second class mail matter.
.1910
NOTICE
The preparation of the Necrological Report has been committed by
the Association to the Secretary, who earnestly solicits the aid of all
the Alumni of the Seminary. When an alumnus dies, newspaper obitu-
ary notices, funeral or memorial sermons — and information in any
shape — will be gratefully received. Let these be sent, as soon as pos-
sible after the death of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1910-1911
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, '91, President.
Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, '77, Vice-President and Secretary.
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '8o, Treasurer.
Rev. Charles Herr, D.D., '81, ) Additional Members
Rev. Robert S. Inglis, D.D., '91, v of the
Rev. C. Wistar Hodge, Ph.D., '01, ) Executive Committee.
I9IOJ NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
ANNUAL MEETING
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
Princeton, N. J., May 10, 1910.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall at
1 p. m., with the President, the Rev. Charles Wood, D.D., '73,
in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev. Dr. Dripps, of
the class of 1868. At the close of the dinner the Association
was called to order for a brief business session.
The report of the Executive Committee was read by the
Rev. S. W. Beach, of the class of 1880, and is as follows :
The Executive Committee would recommend the following
officers of the Association for the ensuing year :
President — The Rev. Professor Charles R. Erdman, of
the class of '91.
Vice-President and Secretary — The Rev. Joseph H.
Dulles, of the class of 'jj.
Treasurer — The Rev. Professor W. Brenton Greene, Jr.,
D.D., of the class of '80.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — The Rev.
Charles Herr, D.D., of the class of '81 ; the Rev. Robert S.
Inglis, D.D., of the class of '91, and the Rev. Professor C. W.
Hodge, Ph.D., of the class of '01.
4 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [^910
The Rev. S. W. Beach was appointed to prepare a minute
to present to the Association, expressing the appreciation of
the Alumni of the work done by the Secretary of the Associa-
tion in the preparation of the Biographical Catalogue.
The report was accepted and its recommendations adopted.
The folowing minute, read by Mr. Beach, was unanimously
adopted :
The Alumni Association hereby places on record its high
appreciation of the Biographical Catalogue of 1909. This work
of 661 pages has been brought to completion by the Librarian
of the Seminary, after several years of indefatigable labor. It
is nothing less than a monumental achievement and it is so
thoroughly done that future compilers will find their work
comparatively easy.
The Alumni Association would hereby express to the Rev.
Joseph H. Dulles, their secretary and historian, their deep
gratitude for the work he has accomplished in compiling the
Biographical Catalogue. We recognize the high ideal he has
placed before him in the great task and we congratulate him
and the Association upon the industry and highly specialized
skill which have been united to produce a book invaluable to
Princeton Alumni of this and succeeding generations.
The report of the Treasurer was presented by him, and
accepted without reference to a committee of audit.
The Treasurer's report is as follows :
William Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Associa-
tion of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dr.
1909 Balance on hand May 4th $7.00
Interest 21
$7.21
iqio Balance on hand May 10th $7.21
William Brenton Greene, Jr.,
Treasurer
I9I0] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 5
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced by
the president, who himself made the first speech : President
Patton, representing the Faculty; the Rev. Dr. Thomas S.
Childs and the Rev. Dr. David Tully, representing the class of
'50; the Rev. Dr. I. A. Blauvelt, representing the class of '60;
the Rev. Dr. George Alexander, representing the class of '70;
the Rev. Dr. G. P. Wilson, representing the class of '80; the
Rev. Frank B. Everitt, representing the class of '90; and the
Rev. Minot C. Morgan, representing the class of '00. After
the speeches, the Rev. Prof. C. R. Erdman '91, pronounced
the benediction, and the Association adjourned.
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Secretary.
NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ l 9 l O
ABSTRACT OF THE
Necrological Report
FOR 1910
The Report for the year ending April ist, 1910, contains notices of
one Director of the Seminary, Hugh H. Hamill, Esq., and of fifty-four
former students. Seven of these should have been included in earlier
Reports, but the fact of their death did not reach the secretary in time.
The knowledge of them came to him through the preparation of the
Biographical Catalogue. The total number reported is fifty-five.
Of the fifty four former students, the oldest — the Rev. William V.
Wilson, D.D., died within four days of the completion of his ninety-
seventh year. Another had just completed his ninety-fifth year. Six
others had passed their eightieth year, twenty-two their seventieth, and
six their sixtieth. The youngest died at the age of twenty-seven years
and seven months. The average age of the fifty-four was sixty-six
years, four months, and nineteen days. The average age at which
they made a public confession of their faith was sixteen years and
six months.
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Secretary.
1910]
NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
The Report contains the following names
DIRECTOR
Hugh Henderson Hamill, A,M.,
ALUMNI
Class.
1839. Thomas Wright,
1841. William Vandolah Wilson, D.D.,
1845. John Woodbridge, D.D.,
1849 George Dillon Stewart, D.D.,
1850. William Harris Templeton,
John Thomas,
185 1. Talmon Cornelius Perry,
1853. Thomas Scott Witherow,
1856. James McDonald Chaney, D.D.,
1857. Robert Gamble,
1858. Sheldon Jackson, D.D., LL.D.,
1859. Jacob Weidman, D.D.,
i860. Robert Stoutenburgh Feagles,
Alfred Toleston Waterman,
1861. John Taylor Baird, D.D.,
William Melanchthon Johnson, D.D.,
Nelson Millard, D.D.,
1862. William Bradford Darrach,
1863. David Hull Laverty, D.D.,
John Lynn Milligan, LL.D.,
Charles Morison,
John Henry Scofield,
George Sluter,
William Travis,
John Lindsay Withrow, D.D., LL.D.,
1864. Alexander Rankin, D.D.,
Roswell Delavan Smith, M.D.,
William Thayer Smith,
Moses Porter Snell,
1866. Samuel Barrett Pettengill,
1867. William Brown Chamberlin,
Francis Wallace Farries,
Joseph Gamble, D.D.,
Died
May 14, 1909
Oct.
27,
1909
Nov.
13.
1908
July
4,
1909
April
l,
1910
March
27,
1910
Sept.
29,
1908
May
30,
1909
Nov.
21,
1908
Sept.
18,
1909
Aug.
26,
1909
May
2,
1909
March
20,
1910
Nov.
3,
1909
Dec.
29,
1909
Feb.
1,
1910
Feb.
S,
1910
Jan.
5,
1910
July
23,
1909
June
28,
1909
July
12,
1909
June
28,
1909
Sept.
10,
1909
Aug.
24,
1908
May
1,
1909
Sept.
24,
1909
Oct.
20,
1909
March
19,
1910
Sept.
17,
1909
Dec.
3i,
1909
Oct.
22,
1909
May
18,
1909
April
7,
1909
Aug.
8,
1909
NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
[I9IO
I873-
1876.
1879.
1880.
1887.
1890.
1892.
1893.
1895.
1896.
1898.
1899.
1906.
Thomas Jefferson Aiken,
Alvin Cutler Campbell,
James William McIlvain, D.D.,
William Davy Thomas, D.D.,
George Jermain Ely Richards,
William Addison Alexander, D.D.,
Harry Vernon Rice,
James Alexander Creighton,
John Leroy Taylor, Ph.D., D.D.,
John Peter Engstrom,
Edward Huntting Rudd,
Luther Albertus Oates,
Joseph McIntyre,
Albert Reid,
Arthur Dougall,
William Henry Morrow,
William Humboldt Layson, LL.D.,
William Middleton Grant,
Paul Dickson Axtell,
John Martin Newkirk,
John Wesley Sullivan, grad. stud.,
Oct.
24,
1909
Jan.
27,
1910
Aug.
7,
1909
May
10,
1909
June
6,
1909
Nov.
15,
1909
Feb.
26,
1909
Sept.
3,
1909
July
12,
1909
Aug.
4,
1909
July
8,
1909
Nov.
IS,
1909
June
17,
1909
Nov.
19,
1909
Oct.
17,
1909
Nov.
28,
1908
March
8,
1909
Dec.
24,
1909
Jan.
17,
1910
April
1,
1910
Oct.
9,
1909
I9IO] NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
DIRECTOR
HUGH HENDERSON HAMILL, A.M.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Samuel McClintock and Matilda Margar-
etta (Green) Hamill, was born Aug. 11, 1851, in Lawrence-
ville, N. J. His father was a trustee of the Seminary at
Princeton for twenty-eight years. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Lawrenceville
when a young lad. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the public school of Lawrenceville and later in the school of
which his father was the principal. He graduated from
Princeton University in 1871. During the next six years he
taught in the Lawrenceville School, meanwhile pursuing the
study of law. He completed his law studies under Caleb
Green, in Trenton, N. J., and was admitted to the Bar in 1877.
He engaged in the practice of law in Trenton from 1878 until
his death. From 1884 to 1887 he was bursar of the Lawrence-
ville School. He was president of the Trenton Trust and Safe
Deposit Company from 1890 until his death; he was also
president of the Real Estate and Title Company of Trenton.
His services were required as director in many corporations:
among these were the Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey, the Mercer Trust Company of Trenton, N. J., the
American Light and Traction Company, Baltimore, Md., the
National Carbon Company, the Schenectady Trust Company,
the Acme Rubber Company, and the Keystone Pottery Com-
pany. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church of
Trenton for many years. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A.
of Trenton, and one of its directors. He was also a member
of the Republican Club and the Country Club of Trenton. He
10
NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ l 9 l
was a director of Princeton Seminary from 1890 until his
death, being secretary of the Board of Directors from 1904
to 1908. He was a Trustee of the Lawrenceville School from
1905 until his death. Mr. Hamill died May 14, 1909, in
Trenton, N. J., from a stomach trouble, having never recovered
from the effects of a serious operation in December 1908. He
was buried in the Lawrenceville cemetery, N. J.
He was married Oct. 16, 1879, in Trenton, N. J., to
Elizabeth Drinker Gummere, who, with two sons and one
daughter, survives him.
I9IO] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. II
ALUMNI
THOMAS WRIGHT,
Son of Charles and Eunice (Robinson) Wright, was born
October 11, 1814, in Bennington, Vt. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Middle
Granville, N. Y., at the. age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in a private school at Granville, and at the
Bennington Seminary, Vt., and he graduated from Williams
College in 1835. He then spent a year in reading and in
teaching. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1836, re-
maining two years. The third year of his theological course
was spent at Andover Seminary, from which he graduated in
1839. He was licensed by a Congregational Association at
Andover, prior to his graduation, and was ordained by the
Presbytery of Geneva, July 29, 1840. He supplied the church
at Wolcott, N. Y., from October 1839 until installed its pastor
at the time of his ordination. He was released from this
charge June 4, 1856. During the next four years, he was an
agent of the American Tract Society. From March i860 to
March 1864, he supplied the church at Fentonville, Mich., and
from this time until his death he labored as a missionary of the
American Sunday School Union, with his residence at Fenton,
Mich. He died Oct. 2.7, 1909, at Fenton, of the infirmities
of age, 16 days after the completion of his 95th year. He
was buried at Fenton. At the time of his death he was the
oldest living former student of Princeton Seminary.
He was twice married : (1) Jan. 5, 1842, in Wolcott, N. Y.,
to Mary Ann Belden, who died June 21, 1845; (2) Jan. 7,
1847, i n Wolcott, to Ruth Smith, who died Dec. 10, 1901.
One son and one daughter survive him.
12 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ I 9 10
WILLIAM VANDOLAH WILSON, D.D.,
Son of Garrett and Mary (Butterfoss) Wilson, was born
Nov. 18, 1811, in Hunterdon Co., N. J. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Baptist church, Sandy Ridge,
N. J., at the age of eighteen. He was a student in the Ritten-
house Manual Labor School of Hunterdon Co., N. J., in the
Haddington Institute, West Philadelphia, in Prof. Green's
School in Homesburgh, Pa., and in the Burlington Academy,
N. J. He graduated from the last school in 1838. He did not
go to college. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1838, he
remained for two years, and later studied theology for a year
in Burlington, N. J. He was licensed by the Baptist church
of Sandy Ridge, N. J., Nov. 6, 1863 and ordained by a
Baptist Council at Middletown, N. J., April 12, 1841. He
served the following Baptist churches : pastor of the church at
Keyport, N. J., 1841-53; stated supply of the Second Church
in Middletown, N. J., from August 1853 to September 1854;
pastor of the church at Port Monmouth, N. J. from October
1854 to January 1892; and stated supply of the First Church
of Middletown, N. J., from January 1892 to June 1893. At
this time he was obliged to give up the active work of the
ministry on account of advancing years, and resided at New
Monmouth, N. J., until his death, which occurred there
Nov. 13, 1908, of old age, within four days of the com-
pletion of his 97th year. He was buried in the Fair View
Cemetery, at Red Bank, N. J. He received the honorary de-
gree of D. D., from Bucknell University in 1896. Dr. Wilson
was moderator of the Baptist Synod of Virginia in 1878; he
was secretary of the Baptist Education Society of New Jersey
from 1844 to 1846, and was treasurer of the same for a time.
He was financial secretary of Peddie Institute, at Hightstown,
N. J., from 1876 to 1880; and was treasurer of the same insti-
tution for twenty-three years. He was a member of its Board
of Trust for twenty-eight years, and president of its corpor-
ators for ten years. He was a postmaster from 1861 to 1890.
I9I0] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 1 3
He was married three times: (i) Sept. n, 1841, in
Port Monmouth, N. J., to Lydie Seabrook, who died Oct.
14, 1852; (2) Jan. 1, 1854, in Port Monmouth, to Martha
Seabrook, who died April 13, 1890; (3) Nov. 24, 1891,
in New Monmouth, N. J., to Mary H. Willett, who, with one
daughter by his first wife, survives him.
JOHN WOODBEIDGE, D.D.,
Son of Rev. Sylvester and Elizabeth (Gould) Woodbridge,
was born May 9, 1824, in Sharon, Conn. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Allen Street Presbyterian Church
of New York City, at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Forest and Mulligan's Academy, in
New York City, and he graduated from Union College, Sche-
nectady, in 1842. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he remained there two years. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Long Island (O. S.) April 11,
1844, and ordained by the Presbytery of Long Island (N. S.)
Nov. 15, 1845, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Greenport, L. I., from which he was released
in December 1850. He was pastor of the church at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., from December 1850 to October 1871 ; and of
the Second Church of New Brunswick, N. J., from October
1873 to Dec. 9> x 894, when he was obliged to give up minis-
terial work. Going west he took up his residence in South
Pasadena, Cal., until his death, which occurred July 4, 1909,
in the Pasadena Hospital, after a long illness, in the -$i6th 8 6 ***-
year of his age. His body was cremated in Los Angeles, the
ashes interred at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. He received the
honorary degree of D.D., from Union College in 1865. Dr.
Woodbridge was several times a commissioner to the General
Assembly, and published many sermons and articles for the
Religious Press.
He was twice married: (1) March 9, 1850, in Hempstead,
L. I., N. Y., to Mary Lavinia Mersereau, who died Jan. 28,
14 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [^lO
i860: (2) Sept. 11, 1861, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., to
Helen Freeman, who, with two sons and three daughters,
survives him.
GEORGE DILLON STEWART, D.D.,
Son of Artemus and Eliza (Bourdillon) Stewart, was born
Dec. 30, 1824, in Jenkintown, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Law-
renceville, N. J., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory-
studies were pursued in the Friends' School at Abington, Pa.,
and later in the school at Lawrenceville, N. J. At the time of
his death, he was the oldest living graduate of both of these
schools. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1845, an d
then spent two years in teaching in Trenton, N. J. He entered
the Seminar} 7 at Princeton in April 1847, remaining there two
and a half years. He was licensed by the Second Presbytery
of Philadelphia, April 19, 1848, and ordained an evangelist by
the Presbytery of Steuben, April 23, 1850. He supplied the
church at Conquest, N. Y., from October 1849 to August 185 1.
He was pastor of the church at Bath, N. Y., from Oct. 7,
1851 to June 1, 1859; stated supply of the West Point and
Sharon churches, together with four other preaching stations
in Iowa, from December 1859 to March 1864; stated supply at
Burlington, Iowa, from April 1864 to September 1870; pastor
at Omaha, Neb., from October 1870 to March 1877; pastor of
the Fort Madison Church, la., from June 20, 1877 to Jan.
1, 1904. At this time he was honorably retired from the active
ministry, and continued his residence in Fort Madison until
his death, which occurred there April 1, 1910, of a complication
of diseases due to old age. He died in his 86th year, and was
buried at Fort Madison. He received the honorary degree of
D.D., from Hanover College, Ind., in 1872. He was stated
clerk of the Presbytery of Steuben from 185 1 to 1859.
He was married Oct. 4, 1864 in Fort Madison, la., to Emily
igio] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 15
Stewart Walker, who, with one son and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
WILLIAM HARRIS TEMPLETON,
Son of John and Elizabeth Long (Grier) Templeton, was born
Oct. 13, 1824, at Brandy wine Manor, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of the
Forks of Brandywine, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the New London Cross Roads Acad-
emy, Chester Co., Pa., of which Walter F. Graham was prin-
cipal, and he graduated from Washington College, Pa., in
1845. After his graduation he engaged in teaching in Coates-
ville, Pa., for one year. Entering the Seminary at Princeton,
in 1847, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1850. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle,
Oct. 3, 1849 and ordained an evangelist by the same Pres-
bytery, Aug. 13, 1850. He was missionary to the Creek
Indians, with his residence at Kowetah, Ind. Ter., from 1850 to
1858. During part of this time, he supplied the church at
Kowetah. Xfter this he served the following churches as
stated supply: Galum, 111., 1858-67; Cave Spring, 111., 1859-71 ;
Georgetown, 111., 1868-70; Denmark, 111., 1868-72; Oak
Grove, III, 1872-76; Vergennes, III, 1873-76; Ava, 111., 1877-
80; Shiloh Hill, 111., 1878-79; Walnut Hill, 111., 1878-82. At
this time he was obliged to give up the active work of the
ministry. He resided in Pinckneyville, 111., from 1858 to 1873,
and again from 1877 until his death, which occurred March 27,
19 10, in Pinckneyville, of bronchitis, in the 86th year of his
age. He was buried in the Galum Cemetery, of Pinckneyville.
In the course of his ministerial labors he rode about fifty
thousand miles on horseback.
He was twice married: (1) Jan. 1, 1855, at the Kowetah
Mission, Ind. Ter., to Mary Catherine Workman, who died
July 3, 1857; (2) Aug. 20, 1862, in Pinckneyville, to Mar-
garet Eliza Craig, who, with one daughter by his first and
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five sons and three daughters by his second marriage, survives
him.
JOHN THOMAS,
Son of Thomas Jones and Alice J. (Davies) Thomas, was
born June 14, 1821, in Carnarvonshire, North Wales. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Congregational church at
Bethania Festiniog, Merionethshire, X. Wales, at the age of
sixteen. Coming to this country as a youth he pursued his
preparatory studies in Philadelphia, under Prof. Joseph P.
Engles, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania,
1847. Entering the Seminary- at Princeton, in the fall of the
same year, he remained there two years. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 4, 1849, an d ordained
by the same Presbytery Oct. 9, 1850. He began serving the
church at Phoenixville, Pa., as pastor elect in 1849, an d was
installed its pastor at the time of his ordination. He was re-
leased from this charge July 2, 1855. He was pastor of the
church at Deny and Washingtonville, Pa., from 1855 to 1863.
At this time he enlisted in the U. S. Army as a private and was
soon elected chaplain of his regiment. He continued in the
army until the close of the war in 1865. After the war, his
health was impaired and his voice failed, so that he was not
able to engage in pastorial work. He preached as he was able,
having his residence in Bloomsburg, Pa. He was pastor of the
church at Wanamia, Pa., 1872-73 ; and pastor at Frostburg,
Md.. from May 1874 to May 1876; from 1876 to 1880, he
resided at Bloomsburg, Pa., preaching occasionally. In the
latter year he moved to Larned, Kan., where he lived on a
farm and preached occasionally. In 1886 he moved to Cool-
idge. Kan., where he resided until his death, which occurred
Sept. 29. 1908, at Coolidge, of lung and throat trouble, added
to the disabilities of old age, in his 88th year. He was
buried at Coolidge.
He was married three times: (1) Sept. 23, 1849, i n Ken-
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neth Square, Pa., to Alary Ann McFarland, who died Aug.
12, 1852; (2) Oct. 1, 1856, in Bloomsburg, Pa., to Emeline
Richards, who died March 3, 1866; (3) Sept. 23, 1873, in
New Columbia, Pa., to Lydia Catherine Brugler, who, with
one son by his first wife, one by his second, and three by his
third, survives him.
TALM02T CORNELIUS PERRY,
Son of Talmon and Sally (Cornelius) Perry, was born
Feb. 13, 1826, in Bridgeport, Conn. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the South Congregational church of
Bridgeport at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the private school in Bridgeport, under Mr.
I. H. Johnson, and in the Fairfield Academy, Conn., under the
Rev. Dr. Daniel March, and he graduated from Yale Univer-
sity in 1846. He then spent one year in miscellaneous reading
and study, and in the effort to recruit his health, and a second
year in the private study of theology. He entered the Semin-
ary at Princeton in 1848, remaining there one year. The
following year he studied privately under the Rev. Dr. Hewitt,
of Bridgeport, Conn., and the Rev. Prof. Thompson, of East
Windsor, Conn. He spent the year 1850-51 in the East Wind-
sor Theological Institute. He was licensed by the Fairfield
West Consociation, Oct. 9, 1850, and ordained an evangelist
by the Presbytery of New York at Bridgeport, Conn., Nov.
12, 1856. He supplied the Congregational church of Sedg-
wick, Me., 1851-52; the Congregational church at Stanwich,
Conn., in 1853, and the Congregational church at Long
Ridge, Conn., 1853-54; he was stated supply of the Con-
gregational church of Windsor, Mass., 1855-62; he was assist-
ant instructor in the Biddle Memorial Institute of Charlotte,
N. C, for six months, beinning with the fall of 1870; and
professor in Biddle Institute, 1871-72. He engaged in teaching
in St. Andrews, Canada, from 1875 to 1876. After-ibis he
took up his residence in La Prairie, Quebec, Canada. For a
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long time he was president of the Evangelical Society of Can-
ada. Ill health interfered with the prosecution of continuous
work. He resided in Orange, Cal, during the later years of
his life. He died in Orange, May 30, 1909, of paralysis, in the
84th year of his age. He was buried at Bridgeport, Conn. He
was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, of the American
Tract Society ,and of the American Bible Society.
He was married Oct. 1, 1851, in New York City, to Sarah
Conger Clark, who, with two sons and five daughters, sur-
vives him.
THOMAS SCOTT WITHEROW,
Son of John and Jane (Ross) Witherow, was born Aug. 18,
1827, near Emmettsburg, Md. He made a public confession of
his faith in the church connected with Jefferson College in
Canonsburg, Pa., while a student there, at the age of nineteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued at Graceham, Frederick
Co., Md., under the Rev. Ed. Rundthallar, a Moravian minis-
ter, and he graduated from Jefferson College, Pa., in 1849.
After his graduation he spent one year in teaching, partly in
Clearspring, Md., and then was tutor in a private family in
Halifax County, Va. He took the first two years of his theo-
logical course in Union Seminar}-, Virginia, and entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1852, completed his course there,
graduating in 1853. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Xew Brunswick, April 27, 1853, an ^ ordained by the Presby-
tery of Westchester, July 14, 1855. He supplied the church at
Hartwood, Va., for a time in 1854. Upon his ordination, he
was installed pastor of the church at Washington, Va., being
released from this charge Dec. 17, i860. For six months in
1 861, he supplied the church at Mt. Horeb, Va. After this
time he engaged in work as a domestic missionary in Nelson,
Albemarle, and Amherst Counties, Va., for many years. He
was so reduced in circumstances by the Civil War that he was
obliged to teach and work on a farm to enable him to live.
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From 1880 to 1885, he was an agent of the Virginia Bible
Society. He resided, during the latter part of his life at Laurel
Springs and at Fabers, Va. He died Nov. 21, 1908, at Poplar
Grove, near Washington, Va., of old age, being in his 82nd
year. He was buried at Poplar Grove.
He was married Dec. 19, i860, near Washington, Va.,
to Lavinia Green Jett, who died March 30, 1909. One son
survives him.
james Mcdonald chaney. d.d.,
Son of William and Harriet (McDonald) Chaney, was born
March 18, 1831, in Salem, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Des Peres Presbyterian Church, St. Louis
Co., Mo., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Rev. Jacob Coon's Academy of Salem, O., and
he became a student in Des Peres Institute, finishing his course
there in 1852. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1853,
remaining there three years. He was obliged to leave the
Seminary two weeks before the close of the term because of
illness. He was licensed by the Presbytery of St. Louis in
August, 1856, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lafayette,
April 4, 1858, being at the same time installed pastor of the
church at Waverly, Nev. He was released from this charge
April 6, i860. He was pastor of the church at Dover, Mo.,
from April 24, 1858, to Oct. 7, 1867; stated supply of the
church at Kansas City, Mo., 1868-69; stated supply at Dover,
Mo., 1869-70. From 1871 to 1876 he was vice-president and
president of the Elizabeth Aull Female Seminary of Lexing-
ton, Mo. He was pastor of the church at Pleasant Hill, Mo.,
1877-85; president of the Kansas City Ladies' College, In-
dependence, Mo., 1885-91. After this date, he supplied the
following churches for a longer or shorter time: Buckner,
Houstonia, Corder, Blackburn, Pleasant Hill, Lamonte, and
Hughesville, all in Missouri. He resided in Independence,
Mo., from 1891 until his death, which occurred there Sept.
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18, 1909, of cerebral hemorrhage, in the 79th year of his
age. He was buried in the Mt. Washington Cemetery, near
Kansas City, Mo. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from King College, Tenn., in 1885. In 1877 he published a
treatise entitled "William the Baptist", of which thirty editions
were published. He also published: "Agnes, Daughter of
William the Baptist", in 1849; "Poliopolis and Polioland, or
a Trip to the North Pole" in 1900; and "Mac or Mary, or, The
Young Scientists", in 1900. He invented a planetarium, which
was commended by Prof. Young of Princeton.
Dr. Chaney was twice married: (1) May 20, 1852, in
Jefferson Co., Mo., to Eliza M. Dunklin, who died June 27,
1874; (2) June 6, 1875, in Sedalia, Mo., to Mary Parke, who,
with two sons and one daughter, survives him.
ROBERT GAMBLE,
Son of William and Anne (Gill) Gamble, was born June 18,
1834, at Ramelton, Co. Donegal, Ireland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Ramelton, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Ramelton. Coming to this country he entered
Princeton University, graduating therefrom in 1854. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1857.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia (O.S.)
April 3, 1856, and ordained by the Presbytery of Donegal,
Oct. 1,7, 1857, and at the same time installed pastor of the
churches of Leacock and Bellevue, Pa. He was released from
this charge in April i860. He was pastor of the Union
Church, Philadelphia, 1860-1864; of the Upper West Notting-
ham Church, Pa., 1864-67; of the church at Chanceford, 1867-
82; of the Mt. Joy and Donegal churches, Pa., 1882-86; and a
second time of the Union Church, Philadelphia, from Oct.
17, 1886 to April 7, 1890. After this, he supplied at intervals
the church at Pequa, Pa., and other churches for six years,
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when ill health compelled him to give up the active work of the
ministry. He resided from this time until his death at Bridge-
ton, Pa., except for one year spent in Princeton, N. J. He
died Aug. 26, 1909, in a hospital at Columbia, Pa., of par-
alysis, in the 56th year of his age. He was buried in the Mt.
Bethel Cemetery, near Columbia.
He was married Nov. 11, 1858, at Columbia, Pa., to
Susan Wright Houston, who died May 3, 1907. One son
survives him.
SHELDON JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Samuel Clinton and Delia (Sheldon) Jackson, was born
May 18, 1834, in Minaville, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Esperance, N. Y.,
at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Hayesville Academy, O., under the Rev. S. Diefendorf,
D.D., and also in the Glens Falls Academy, under Prof. Donald
McLaren, and he graduated from Union College in 1855.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1858. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, May 14,
1857, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery
May 5, 1858. He engaged in missionary work among the
Choctaw Indians, from September 1858 to March 1859; and
then in the work as a home missionary in Crescent, Minn.,
from September 1859 to March 1864. He was pastor of the
church at Rochester, Minn., 1864-69; after this he engaged in
work as superintendent of the Board of Home Missions in its
western territory for one year. He was superintendent of the
Board of Home Missions in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Montana, 1870-1882; from 1882 to 1884 he
was business manager of the Board of Home Missions, with
his office in New York City. He was superintendent of the
work of the Board of Home Missions in Alaska in 1884. After
this he entered into the service of the Government of the
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United States as General Agent for Education in Alaska, with
his headquarters in Washington, D. C. This work employed
him until his death, which occurred May 2, 1909, in Asheville,
N. C, in the 75th year of his age. He was buried in Mina-
ville, N. Y. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Hanover College in 1874, and that of LL.D. from Union Uni-
versity, and also from Richard College, Ind., in 1897. Dr.
Jackson was the most active missionary worker in the Pres-
byterian Church of his generation. He was editor and pro-
prietor of the Rocky Mountain Presbyterian, 1872-82 ;and also
of the North Star, published at Sitka, Alaska, 1887-92; his
work in New York City, as Business Manager of the Board
of Home Missions, was the editing of "Presbyterian Home
Missions' whose name was later changed to "Presbyterian
Home Missionary". He published : Alaska, or Missions on the
North Pacific Coast, 1880; a handbook on Alaska for the Wo-
man's Board of Home Missions, of which several editions were
printed ; the Annual Reports on Education in Alaska for the
U. S. Government, from 1881 until his death ; also, the Annual
Reports of the Introduction of Reindeer into Alaska, from
1890 until his death. During the Civil War he was agent of
the U. S. Christian Commission in the hospitals of the Army
of Cumberland during the summer of 1863. At one time he
was special agent of the government for collecting Indian
children and placing them in the schools at Carlisle and
Hampton. He established many missions and schools in Alaska
from 1885 until his death. In 1887 he organized the Alaskan
Society of National History and Ethnology. During the year
1891-92 he introduced reindeer into Alaska. He was largely
instrumental in the organizing of the Woman's Board of Home
Missions of the Presbyterian Church. He was Commissioner
to the General Assembly in i860, 1865, 1867, 1870, 1880, 1897,
and 1898, as well as being a visitor at many others. He was
stated clerk of the Presbytery of Chippewa 1863-64, of the
Presbytery of Southern Minnesota, 1865-69, of the Synod of
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Colorado, 1872-81 ; of the Presbytery of Alaska, 1884-93- He
was moderator of the Synod of Minnesota in 1856; of the
Synod of Colorado in 1871 and of the General Assembly in
1897. He held membership in forty or more religious, philan-
thropic, historical and scientific societies.
He was marired May 18, 1858, in Florida, N. Y., to Mary
Voorhees, who died Sept. 20, 1908. Two daughters survive
him.
JACOB WEIDMAN, D-D.,
Son of Jacob Barge and Elizabeth Chambers (Murray) Weid-
han, was born Dec. 20, 1837, in Lebanon, Pa. He made
a public confession of his faith in the college church of the
Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Pa., at the age of sixteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the Lebanon Academy
under John H. Kluge, and he graduated from Pennsylvania
College in 1856. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia, April 7, 1859, and ordained an evangelist by
the Presbytery of Luzerne Jan. 24, i860. He supplied the
church at Tamaqua, Pa., for three months in 1859; he was
stated supply of the churches at Nanticoke and Ashley, Pa.,
1859-64; of the church at Shickshinny, 1863-64; and of the
church at Downingtown, Pa., for four months in 1865; he was
assistant to the pastor of the First Church of Baltimore, Md.,
1866-67; he was pastor of the church at Bristol, Pa., from
1867 to 1873; of the Brainerd Church, Easton, Pa., from
1873-80; and of the South Church of Bethlehem, Pa., 1880-85;
he resided as an evangelist in Pottsville, Pa., during the next
two years. He supplied the church at White Haven, Pa., from
January to October, 1888; was pastor of the church at Clifton
Heights, from 1888 to 1891 ; and supplied the church at Port
Penn, Del, with his residence at Clifton Heights, Pa., during
the next two years. He continued his residence at Clifton
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Heights until his death, which occurred March 20, 1910, at
Atlantic City, N. J., of pneumonia, in the 73rd year of his age.
He was buried at Lebanon. He received the honorary degree
of D.D., in 1906, from Pennsylvania College. He published
numerous articles, book notices and letters, chiefly for The
Presbyterian of Philadelphia. His services were in great
demand as a lecturer. He was unmarried.
ROBERT STOUTENBURG FEAGLES,
Son of Jacob Halleck and Susan (Roe) Feagles, was born
Dec. 2j, 1 83 1, in Amity, Orange Co., N. Y. He made a
public confession of his faith in the New School Presbyterian
church of Amity at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Deckertown, N. J., and Chester, N. J.,
under William Rankin, and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1856. After this he engaged in teaching in a
private school in Newbern, N. C, for one year. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1857, he took the full three years'
course there and graduated in i860. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 28, 1859, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Rockaway, Oct. 23, i860. He was
pastor of the Second Church of Mendham, N. J., from October
i860 to May 1869; of the church of Mt. Olive, N. J. from
November 1869 to June 1870; stated supply of the church at
Sparta, N. J., from August 1870 to July 1871 ; pastor at Mt.
Freedom, N. J., from October 1871 until March 1879; stated
supply at Morris Plains, N. J., 1879-81 ; stated supply at East
Stroudsburg, Pa., and Lafayette and Papakating, N. J., 1881-
83. After this he resided in North Dakota for a time, 1887-90;
then he was stated supply at St. Croix Falls, Wis., from Jan-
uary 1891 to January 1893. He then resided for a time in
Minneapolis, engaging in work as an evangelist. He was
stated supply of the Mound Church of Cutler, 111., from 1894
to 1902; during this latter year he supplied for a short time
the churches of Fairview, Prior Lake and Glendale, Minn.
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After this, he resided in Seattle, Wash., from 1903 until his
death, which occurred Nov. 3, 1909, in Seattle, of gall stone
colic, followed by diabetic coma, in the 78th year of his
age. He was buried in the cemetery at Morristown, N. J.
Mr. Feagles engaged in teaching at intervals during his pas-
torial life. He was a tutor in Prof. William Rankin's Acad-
emy, Deckertown, N. J., from July 1853 to August 1854; and
was a teacher of Greek Exegesis in the Missionary Training
Institute of Minneapolis, Minn., 1889-90: the reason of his
many ministerial changes was that he engaged largely in
evangelistic work.
He was married May 1, i860, in Newbern, N. C, to Mary
Allen, who, with three sons and six daughters, survives him.
ALFRED TILESTON WATERMAN,
Son of Rev. Thomas Tileston and Delia (Storrs) Waterman,
was born Dec. 13, 1832, in Providence, R. I. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Congregational church
connected with Yale College, at the age of twenty-one. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the public high school
of Providence, R. I., and in the University Grammar School,
and he graduated from Yale University in 1855. During the
next two years, he engaged in teaching in Port Gibson, Miss.
The first year of his theological course was taken in Union
Seminary, New York City, and he entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1858, remaining two years and graduating in
i860. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April
26, i860, and ordained by the Hartford South Association
of Congregational Churches, Nov. 9, 1864. After leaving
Princeton Seminary, he studied for a time in Yale Divinity
School. He supplied the Congregational church of Plainfield,
Vt., 1860-61; that of Fitchville, Conn., 1862-63; and that at
Westfield, Conn., from 1863 until installed its pastor, Nov.
9, 1864. This relation was dissolved May 31, 1869. He was
pastor of the Congregational church of Kensington, Conn.,
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from June 23, 1869, to June 2, 1874. He then supplied the
Congregational church of Monroe, Conn., 1874-76; that of
Marshall, Mich., 1876-77; that at Fort Scott, Kan., 1877-78;
that at Grand Blanc, Mich., 1878-82 ; that at East Tawas,
Mich., 1882-84; that of Ovia, Mich., 1884-86; that at Charle-
voix, Mich., 1886-87; that at Bancroft, Mich., 1887-91; and
that at Hartford, Mich., 1891-93. He was pastor of the
Congregational church of Baldwin, Mich., from 1893 to 1895.
During the next two years he continued his residence in Bald-
win as an independent preacher. His last pastorial charge was
that of the Congregational church of Nashville, Mich., from
1897-99. In the following year he was honorably dismissed
from the duties of the active ministry. He resided in Wash-
ington, D. C, from this time until his death, which occurred
Dec. 29, 1909, in Washington, in the 78th year of his age. His
body was cremated and the ashes scattered.
He was married Dec. 8, 1865, in Westfield, Mass., to
Jerusha Emily Stocking, who, with two sons and two daugh-
ters, survives him.
JOHN TAYLOR BAIBD, D.D.,
Son of William and Isabelle (Morrison) Baird, was born in
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 3, 1884. He made a public confession
of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati
at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Hughes High School of Cincinnati, and he graduated
from Yale University in 1858. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1861. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Cincinnati in September, 1861, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Missouri River (O. S.), June 16, 1865.
He was stated supply of the following churches before his or-
dination : Washington, O., 1861-62; Walnut Hills, O., 1862-63;
Pleasant Run, O., 1864. In September, 1864, he became stated
supply of the church at Brownville, Neb., and was ordained
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its pastor June 27, 1865. This relation was dissolved July 4,
1875. His only other pastorate was that of the church of
Plattsmouth, Neb., from October 1875 to July 1905. After
giving up the active ministry on account of advancing years,
he continued his residence at Plattsmouth until his death,
which occurred there Feb. 1, 19 10, of neuralgia of the heart,
in the 76th year of his age. He was buried in Platts-
mouth. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the
University of Omaha in 1891. Dr. Baird was stated clerk of
the Presbytery of Missouri River from 1866 to 1872, and of
the Presbytery of Nebraska City from 1874 to 1908, and
moderator of the Synod of Nebraska in 1874. He was com-
missioner to the General Assembly in 1869 and 1903. He
served on the U. S. Christian Commission from April to July,
1864.
He was married Sept. 16, 1875, in Brownville, Neb., to
Maria Gibson Wood, who, with one son and four daughters,
survives him.
WILLIAM MELANCHTHON JOHNSON, D.D.,
Son of Thias and Sarah (McDougall) Johnson, was born May
1, 1834, in Cambridge, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Cambridge at the age
of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in Cam-
bridge in the Cambridge Academy under the Rev. A. M.
Beveridge, and the Rev. Charles S. Robinson, and also at Burr
Seminary, Manchester, Vt, under Prof. William Burnham,
and he graduated from Union College in 1858. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1861. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Troy CO. S.), Jan. 10, i860,
and ordained by the same Presbytery, May 1, 1861, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Stillwater, N. Y.
From this charge he was released in 1867. He was then stated
supply of the First (Silliman Memorial) Church of Cohoes,
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N. Y., from October, 1867, until installed its pastor Sept. 22,
1868, being released from this charge Dec. 31, 1907, after
the unusual service of forty years. He resided in Troy,
N. Y., from this time until his death, which occurred Feb.
5, 1910, in Troy, of pneumonia, in the 76th year of his age.
He was buried in Cambridge, N. Y. He : iceived the honorary
degree of D.D., from Union College in 1881. Dr. Johnson was
stated clerk of the Presbytery of Troy from 1864 to 1868, and
of the Synod of Albany from 1870 to 1882. He was moderator
of the Synod of New York in 1903 ; and was commissioner to
the General Assembly seven times. He published a number of
sermons and a pamphlet entitled "For what does Presbyterian-
ism stand?" He published a history of Troy Presbytery.
He was married Oct. 3, 1861, in Cambridge, N. Y., to
Anna Elizabeth Warner, who died Sept. 29, 1895. One son
and two daughters survive him.
NELSON MILLAED, D.D.,
Son of William and Anna (Loomis) Millard, was born Oct.
2, 1834, in Delhi, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Delhi, at the
age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Delaware Academy of Delhi, under Daniel Shepard, William
Harper and M. G. McKoon, and he graduated from Union
College in 1853. During the next year he engaged in teaching
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. From 1854 to 1858 he was a tutor in
Union College. During the four years of his being tutor, he
studied theology privately under Rev. L. P. Hickok, then
vice-president of Union College. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1858, remaining one year. In 1859 he entered
the senior class of Union Seminary, New York, from which
he graduated in i860. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
North River (N. S.), Sept. 7, 1859, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Newark (N. S.), May 13, 1862. After leaving
Union Seminary he spent about a year and a half in travel and
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study in Europe and attended lectures at the universities of
Berlin and Gottingen. On his return he was offered a profes-
sorship in Union College but preferred entering the ministry.
He was pastor of the First Church of Montclair, N. J., from
May 13, 1862, to March 8, 1867. After this he served the Olivet
Church of Chicago a c . pastor elect from 1867 to 1868. He was
stated supply of the church at Providence, R. I., in 1869;
pastor of the Second Church of Peekskill, N. Y., from Jan.
14, 1870, to July 7, 1872; of the First Church of Syracuse,
N. Y., from Nov. 19, 1872, to Jan. 17, 1884; of the Broad-
way Congregational Church in Norwich, Conn., 1884-87;
of the First Presbyterian Church of Rochester, N. Y., from
April 24, 1888, to Nov. 5, 1900. He travelled in Greece
and the Orient during the year 1903. His name was dropped
from the roll of the Presbytery of Rochester, April 11, 1905,
he having announced his independence of the Presbyterian
Church. He continued his residence in Rochester, and died
there Jan. 5, 1910, of bronchitis, in the 76th year of his
age. He was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y.
He received the honorary degree of D.D., from Union College
in 1874; he published many sermons, articles and editorials.
He was married May 11, 1869, in Montclair, N. J., to Alice
Isabelle Boyd, who died May 15, 1896. One son and one
daughter survive him.
WILLIAM BRADFORD DARHACH,
Son of James and Helena (White) Darrach, was born Sept.
27,, 1836, at Manayunk, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York
City, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Rural Academy, Orange Co., N. Y., under his
father, and under the private tuition of Mr. Kinsley Twining
at New Haven, Conn., and he graduated from Yale Univer-
sity in 1859. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
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graduating in 1862. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New York (O. S.), April 25, 1861, and ordained an evangelist
by the same Presbytery, Oct. 17, 1862. He was stated supply
of the church at Winneconne, Wis., 1863-65 ; missionary
at Barnegat, N. ]., 1865-66; stated supply at Upper Mt.
Bethel, Pa., 1868-71; pastor at Schickshinny, Pa., 1871-76;
stated supply at Orwell, Pa., 1876-77; stated supply at Lehman
and Northmoreland, Pa., 1878-79; stated supply at Scott, Pa.,
1880-81. He resided without charge at Walden, N. Y., 1882-
85 ; served the Reformed Dutch church at Kerhonkson, N. Y.,
for a time in 1886. He resided again without charge at
Walden, 1887-89; and at Fishkill, N. Y., 1890-93; during 1894
he served the church at Mt. Pleasant, Pa., as stated supply.
He resided during the following year at Newark, N. J., and
from 1896 to 1899 in Newburg, N. Y., and at Ambler, Pa.,
from 1900 to 1904; returning to Newburg, N. Y., he resided
there until his death, which occurred there July 23, 1909, of
heart failure, in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried in the
Goodwill Cemetery, near Montgomery, N. Y. He was chap-
lain of the Twentieth Regiment, New York Militia, for three
months in 1861. He was unmarried.
DAVID HULL LAVERTY, D.D.,
Son of James Hill and Maria (Willeman) Laverty, was born
at Clearfield, Pa., June 20, 1833. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Two Ridges Presbyterian Church of Jeffer-
son Co., O., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Grove Academy of Steubenville, O., and
in the New Hagerstown Academy, O., under his brother, the
Rev. W. W. Laverty. He studied also in the Buffalo Academy,
Washington Co., O., under Prof. Jeff. Martin, and graduated
from Washington College in i860. The first two years of his
theological course were spent in the Western Theological Sem-
inary, 1860-1862; he took the last year in the Seminary at
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Princeton, from which he graduated in 1863. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Washington, April 26, 1862, and ordained
by the same Presbytery, June 16, 1863, being at the same time
installed pastor of the Frankfort and Three Springs churches,
Pa. This double relation was dissolved June 6, 1865. He was
pastor of Rockhill, O., from Oct. II, 1865, to Aug. 20,
1867; stated supply at Cameron, W. Va., and Wegee, O., 1867-
71 ; stated supply of Wegee, Pipe Creek and Bethel churches,
O., 1871-72; pastor of the church at Barnesville, O., from
Oct. 18, 1872, to Aug. 17, 1874; pastor at Enon, Pa.,
1874-81; pastor at Crestline, O., from Sept. 22, 1881, to
Dec. 26, 1882; pastor of the Wheatland Church, Scotts-
ville, N. Y., from May 21, 1883, to Feb. 23, 1885; stated
supply of the Harrisville, Pleasant Valley and New Hope
churches, Pa., 1885-87; pastor elect of the church of Lonacon-
ing Md., from 1887 until installed its pastor in 1888. He was
released the same year. He was then pastor elect of the church
at Lewes, Del., from 1890 until installed pastor the following
year, and was released in 1891 ; pastor at Rehoboth and
stated supply at Coolspring, Del., during a part of the latter
year; stated supply at Lewes and Rehoboth, Del., 1892-93;
pastor elect at Cold Spring, N. J., in 1893 and installed its
pastor July 2, 1894, this relation being dissolved Sept. 18, 1906.
During this pastorate he supplied the Green Creek church,
N. J., for six years, from 1894 to 1900; in 1906 he was honor-
ably retired from the active work of the ministry, and resided
in Philadelphia, Pa., from October 1907 until his death, which
occurred June 28, 1909, in Philadelphia, of heart trouble, eight
days after having completed his 76th year. He was buried in
the Cold Spring Cemetery, Cape May Co., N. J. He received
the honorary degree of D.D. from New Windsor, Md., in 1890.
Dr. Laverty was commissioner to the General Assembly in
1873, : 9 01 an d 1907. He engaged in teaching in the public
schools before entering college, for eight years, and was prin-
cipal of the Willard Female Seminary from 1867 to 1869.
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He was married Oct. 27, 1864, in Pittsburg, Pa., to Kate
E. Smith, who survives him.
JOHN LYNN MILLIGAN, LL.L-,
Son of James and Eleanor (Lynn) Milligan, was born July 31,
1837, in Ickesburg, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church at Academia or Upper Tus-
carora, at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Tuscarora Academy, Pa., under J. H. Shu-
maker, and he graduated from Washington College, Pa., in
i860. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1863. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Hunting-
don, June 11, 1862. He served as chaplain of the 140th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, from November 1863 to
May 1865. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Winnebago
Feb. 21, 1866, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Horicon, Wis. He was released from this charge
Jan. 11, 1869. From this time until his death he was
chaplain of the Western State Penitentiary, Allegheny City,
Pa. He died July 12, 1909, in Newport, Pa., aftenan illness
of six months, resulting from an apopletic stroke in January
of the same year. He died when within less than a month of
the completion of his 72nd year, and was buried at Newport,
Pa. He received the honorary degree of LL.D., from Wash-
ington and Jefferson College, in 1901. Dr. Milligan was a
delegate of the U. S. Government to the International Prison
Congresses held in London, Stockholm, Paris, Rome, St.
Petersburg and Buda Pesth. He was stated clerk of the
Presbytery of Allegheny from 1892 to 1906, and was president
of the American Prison Congress in 1908. He was a charter
member of the National Prison Association, and also of the
Allegheny County Prison Society, of which he was later the
president. He was unmarried.
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CHARLES MORISON,
Son of George Noble and Maria Matilda (Doane) Morison,
was born June 30, 1841, in New Orleans, La. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Tenth Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia, Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory-
studies were pursued in Ashbel Green's Military Academy, at
Pass Christian, Miss., and he graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania in i860. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he remained there three years. He
spent a year after this in the study of theology in the Phila-
delphia Divinity School of the Episcopal Church. He was
ordained an Episcopal deacon May 10, 1865, by Bishop
Stevens, in Philadelphia, and ordained a priest May 25, 1868,
by Bishop Wilmer in New Orleans, La. He was then rector of
the Episcopal church at Opelousas, and later of St. Mark's
Church, New Orleans, La. From 1872 to 1873 ne engaged in
teaching in New Orleans. He was rector of Trinity Church,
Bethlehem, Pa., 1873-76; assistant to the rector of St. James'
Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1877-60; assistant rector of the
American Episcopal church in Paris, France, 1880-82 ; rector
of St. Matthew's Church, Sunbury, Pa., 1883-1905. At this time
he retired as rector emeritus, and resided in Sunbury until his
death, which occurred June 28, 1909, in Philadelphia, of par-
alysis, followed by bronchial pneumonia, within two days of
the. completion of his 68th year. He was buried in the West
Laurel Hill Cemetery of Philadelphia. He was unmarried.
JOHN HENRY SCOFIELD,
Son of Alfred and Mary (Tubbs) Scofield, was born Aug.
14, 1833, in Schuylerville, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Stillwater, N. Y., at
the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Princetown, N. Y., under Rev. David Tully, and in Stillwater,
N. Y., under Rev. Robert O. Cruikshank. and he graduated
from Princeton University in i860. Entering the Seminary
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at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1863. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Troy, June 10, 1862, and ordained by the
Presbytery of North River (O. S.), June 10, 1863, being at the
same time installed pastor of the church at New Hamburgh,
N. Y., from which he was released May 1, 1868. He served
the church at Dayton, N. J., as pastor elect from October 1869
to April 1870. He was pastor of the Amwell First Church,
Reaville, N. J., from Feb. 20, 1872, to Feb. 3, 1874; and
of the church at Kingston, N. J., from March 25, 1874, to
July 6, 1880. During the next four years he resided at East
Hampton, Mass., as an evangelist. His last pastorial charge
was that of the church at Mt. Olive, N. J., from May 29, 1884
to Jan. 15, 1901. At this time he retired from active labor
and was made pastor emeritus. He resided at Manchester, la.,
1901-05, and at Waverly, N. Y., from the latter date until his
death, which occurred Sept. 10, 1909. at Waverly, of cystitis
and senile debility, in the 77th year of his age. He was
buried at Frenchtown, N. J.
He was married Oct. 8, 1863, in Frenchtown, N. J., to
Elizabeth Reading Hedges, who died Oct. 14, 1887. One
son and one daughter survive him.
GEORGE SLITTER,
Son of Ludwig and Dorothy (Kraft) Sluter, was born May 5,
1837, in St. Louis, Mo. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Pine Street Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, at
the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Academy of Rev. John S. Watt, in St. Louis, and he graduated
from Westminster College, Mo., in i860. After his graduation
he spent a few months in the Theological Seminary at Colum-
bia, S. C. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
i860, and took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1863. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick,
Feb. 4, 1863, and ordained by the Presbytery of Palmyra,
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Aug. 27, 1865. He served the church at Rensselaer, Mo.,
1863-63; was pastor of the Webster Street Church, St. Louis,
Mo., 1865-70; pastor of the First Church, Duluth, Minn., 1870-
71 ; pastor of the church at Shelbyville, Ind., 1871-81 ; pastor
of the church at Arlington, N. J., from Oct. 26, 1882, to
Sept. 12, 1893; stated supply of the church at Stirling,
N. J., 1896-98; from the latter date until 1907, he supplied
occasionally during the summer the West Church of Newark,
N. J. He resided at Stirling, N. J., from 1896 until his death,
which occurred there Aug. 24, 1908, of heart disease, in the
72nd year of his age. He was buried at Stirling. Mr. Sluter
was an author and lecturer on psychological subjects. He was
the New York correspondent of the "Herald and Presbyter",
from 1 88 1 to 1891. From 1876 to 1880 he carried on a School
of Philosophy in Shelbyville, Ind. Among his publications
were: "Instruction of the deaf and dumb"; "Life and char-
acter of Mrs. Jane Major"; "The Value of Religious Litera-
ture" ; "Memorial of Joseph Hamilton" ; "History of Shelby
Co., Indiana" ; "Historical and critical essay on the Acta
Pilati" ; "Life of the Emperor Tiberius"; "Walking with God",
and "Religion of Politics".
He was twice married: (1) March 30, 1870, in Boonville,
Mo., to Sallie A. Collum, who died July 2, 1874; (2) Oct.
2, 1877, at Shelbyville, Ind., to Mary Reid, who died June 17,
1894. One son by his first wife and one by his second survive
him.
WILLIAM TRAVIS
Son of William and Alice (Jackson) Travis, was born Aug.
24, 1824, in Hancock Co., W. Va. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Wellsville, O.,
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the West Alexander Academy, Pa., under Rev. John Mc-
Clusky, D.D., and he graduated from Washington College, Pa.,
in 1849. He then spent eleven years in organizing and super-
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intending public schools at Xew Lisbon and Youngstown, O.,
New Castle, Pa., Wilmington, Del., and Flint, Mich. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in i860, remaining for two
and a half years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Xew
Brunswick April 16, 1862, and ordained an evangelist by the
Presbytery of Philadelphia North, Nov. 1, 1877. He supplied
the church at Andover, N. J., from June to October,
1862, and was principal of the Newton Collegiate Institute,
N. J., from 1863 to 1868. After this he was principal of the
Germantown Academy, Pa., from 1872 to 1877. He supplied
the Springfield Church, Flourtown, Pa., 1876-79. and was prin-
cipal of a school in Pembina, Dak., after leaving the Spring-
field Church. Later he served the following churches as stated
supply: Knox Church, Fisher's Landing, Minn., 1885-86; the
Mekinock church, with his post office address at Emerado, X.
Dak.. 1887-88; the Lafayette and North Yamhill churches,
Ore., in 1889; the church at Selwood, Ore., in 1890, and at the
church at Kanapa, Ore., 1891. Later he did work as Sunday
School missionary under the direction of the Presbytery of
Portland for seven and a half years. He resided in Portland,
Ore., from 1890 until his death, which occurred May 9, 1901,
in Portland, of old age, in his 85th year. He was buried in the
Riverview Cemetery, Portland.
He was married July 6, 1864, in Newton, N. J., to Susan
Catherine Linn, who died Nov. n, 1906. Three sons and
one daughter survive him.
JOHN LINDSAY WITHROW, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of John Mitchell and Keziah (McClellan) Withrow, was
born March 19, 1837, in Coatesville, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Octorara,
Pa., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Tuscarora Academy. Pa., and in the Media Clas-
sical Institute, Pa., under the Rev. Dr. Gailey. and he graduated
from Princeton University in i860. Entering the Seminarv at
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Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1863. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Castle, in April 1862, and ordained by
the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, May 22, 1863, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Abington, Pa.
He was released from this charge in November 1868. He was
pastor of the Arch Street Church, Phila., from November 1868
to October 1873; of the Second Church of Indianapolis, Ind.,
from November 1873 to June 1876; of the Park Street Con-
gregational Church, Boston, from September 1876 to January
1887; of the Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago from 1887
to 1898; and of the Park Street Congregational Church, Bos-
ton, for a second time from 1898 to 1905, when he became
pastor emeritus. He resided in Brookline, Mass., from this
time until his death, which occurred Sept. 24, 1909, at
Brookline, of paresis, in the 73rd year of his age. He was
buried in Mt. Auburn Cemetery near Boston. He received the
honorary degree of D.D., from Lafayeytte College in 1872,
and that of LL.D., from Knox College, Illinois, in 1896. Dr.
Wi throw was moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly
in 1896. He was president of the Presbyterian Hospital of
Chicago, when a pastor in that city. He was a member of the
Board of Home Missions, of the Board of Education, and a
member and vice-president of the Board of Aid for Colleges.
He was a member of the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions during his pastorate in Boston. While a
student in the Seminary, he engaged in preaching, during a
a summer vacation, to the Presbyterians of Downingtown, Pa.
His labors resulted in the organization of the church in that
place. He published a number of papers, essays and sermons.
He was married Oct. 6, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa., to
Anna Judson Hinkel, who died Dec. 28, 1906. One daughter
survives him.
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ALEXANDER SANEIN, D.D.,
Son of James Edwin and Anne Eliza (Wardlaw) Rankin, was
born Oct. 10, 1838, in Henderson, Ky. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian church in
Schenectady, N. Y., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Henderson, Ky., under Rev. W. G.
Allen and T. S. Parsons, and he graduated from Union Col-
lege, Schnectady, X. Y., in i860. The following year was
spent in his home, assisting his father in his business. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1861, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1864. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Albany, June 14, 1864, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of Muhlenburg, April 20, 1866.
He was stated supply of the church at Ridgewood, Ky., 1866-
67; of the Marion and Fredonia churches, Ky., 1867-71; and
of the churches at Rockwell Falls and Corinth, N. Y., 1872-
94, when the failure of his health compelled him to give up
the active work of the ministry. He took up his residence in
Schenectady, N. Y., and supplied vacant churches, preaching
as opportunity offered. He died Oct. 20, 1909, in Schenectady,
of heart failure, ten days after the completion of his 71st
year. He was buried in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian
Church of Schenectady. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Union College in 1890. Dr. Rankin taught the
higher branches in an academy in Kentucky for a time, and
assisted a few young men at Luzerne, N. Y., in their prepara-
tion for college or the ministry. For some years he had charge
of a large Bible Class of young men from the General Electric
Works of Schenectady, in connection with the First Presby-
terian Church of that city. He had charge also of the large
home study Bible Class of 150 members, and visited them
regularly and faithfully. He was commissioner to the General
Assemblies of 1868, 1883, and 1888.
He was married June 29, 1865, in Schenectady, N. Y., to
Elizabeth Chester Backus, who survives him.
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ROSWELL DELAVAN SMITH, M.D.,
Son of Samuel D. and Sally Ann (Delavan) Smith, was born
Dec. 29, 1833, in Poundridge, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian church of
Bloomfield, N. J., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Academy of North Salem, N. Y.,
under John F. Jenkins, and in the Bloomfield Institute, N. J.,
while engaged in teaching there, and he graduated from New
York University in 1859. He spent the interval between his
graduation and his entering the Seminary in the pursuit of
health on a farm, and in study and teaching. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1861, remaining there two years. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Bedford, (later, Presbytery
of Connecticut), Oct. 8, 1862; and ordained an evangelist
by the Presbytery of Connecticut, July 26, 1864. He supplied
the Congregational church at Long Ridge, Conn., from May
to September 1863; and the Congregational church at North
Stamford, Conn., from Oct. 18, 1863, to Dec. 31, 1864;
he was stated supply of the Presbyterian church of South
East, N. Y., from September 1865 to June 1870. During
the year following he engaged in home missionary work at
Rutherford Park, N. J. He organized and was stated supply
of the First Union Church, Rutherford Park, from March 1871
to June 1878. After this he studied medicine and graduated
from New York Medical College in 1880. He practised medi-
cine in New York City until 1893, an d during the year follow-
ing this in Brooklyn ; returning to New York he continued to
practice medicine until his death, which occurred March 19,
1910, in New York City, of pneumonia, in the 77th year of
his age. He was buried at South East, N. Y. He engaged in
teaching the greater part of the time from 1850 to 1855.
He was married Oct. 4, 1866, at South East, N. Y., to
Catherine A. Sears, who died Jan. 19, 1892. Three sons and
two daughters survive him.
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WILLIAM THAYER SMITH, M.D., LL.D.,
Son of Rev. Asa Dodge and Sarah Ann (Adams) Smith, was
born March 30, 1839, in New York City. He made a public
confession of his faith in the 14th Street Presbyterian Church
of Xew York City, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.,
under Dr. Samuel H. Taylor, principal, and he graduated from
Yale University in i860. For a year thereafter he engaged
in teaching in Xew York City. He entered the Seminar}- at
Princeton in 1861, remaining one year. He pursued his theo-
logical studies for a short time in 1862 in Union Seminary,
New York City, but his health failed, and he was obliged to
discontinue these studies, which were never resumed. He
resided in Hanover, N. H., from 1864 to 1874. He was an
instructor in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture at
Dartmouth, from 1874 to 1876. He graduated from the Medi-
cal Department of Dartmouth College in 1878, and received the
degree of M.D. from the University of New York also in 1879.
During the latter year he practised medicine in Hanover, N. H.
He was an associate professor of Anatomy and Physiology in
Dartmouth College from 1883 t0 I 885, and professor of Physi-
ology in the same institution from 1885 to 1907. He was dean
of the Medical Department of that college from 1897 until his
death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1909, in Hanover, N. H.,
of cerebral embolism, in the 71st year of his age. He was
buried at Hanover. He received the degree of LL.D., from
Dartmouth College in 1897. He published : "The human body
and its health", 1884; "Primer of Physiology and hygiene",
1885; and "Primer of Physiology", 1886. He was a deacon in
the Congregational Church after 1885.
He was married Jan. 14, 1885, in Norwich, Vt., to Susan
Susan Weston Kellogg, who died March 27, 1902. Two sons
survive him.
MOSES PORTER SNELL,
Son of Thomas and Lucretia Colt (Porter) Snell, was born
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May 3, 1839, at North Brookfield, Mass. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Congregational church of
North Brookfield, Mass., at the age of sixteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vt.,
under Rev. J. D. Wickham, D.D., and Prof. Burnham, and he
graduated from Amherst College in 1861. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, but re-
mained only a few months on account of severe illness. Later
he spent the years 1865 and 1867 in Hartford Theological
Seminary. He was licensed by the Hampden East Congre-
gational Association, May 8, 1867, and ordained by a Congre-
gational Council at North Brookfield, Mass., May 10, 1870.
He engaged in teaching for a short time in 1862 in Manchester,
Vt. From 1862 to 1865 he was a volunteer in the U. S. Army,
being a brevet-captain at the close of the war. In 1867 he
engaged in home missionary work in Hartford, Conn. From
1868 to 1870 he was secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Hartford.
He was a clerk in the U. S. Treasury Department, Washing-
ton, D. C, from 1873 to l ^>7^>'> ne was secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. in Washington, 1876-78; agent for the American Bible
Society in Washington, 1879-88; from 1881 to 1908 he worked
in the Post Office Department in Washington, D. C. He
supplied the church at Clifton, Va., 1889-94; and the church
at Riverdale, Md., 1894-98; he continued his residence in
Washington until July 1909, when he entered the Merriam
Home, at Newton, N. J., where he died Dec. 31, 1909, of the
infirmities of old age, in his 71st year. He was buried at
Washington, D. C.
He was married Aug. 31, 1862, in New Haven, Conn., to
May Cordelia Hallock, who, with five sons and two daughters,
survives him.
SAMUEL BARRETT PETTENGILL,
Son of Jonathan Stickney and Sally (Barrett) Pettengill,
was born Feb. 7, 1839, in Grafton, Vt. He made a public
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confession of his faith in the Congregational church of Graf-
ton, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vt., under the Rev.
J. D. Wickham, D.D., and Prof. William A. Burnham. He
spent two years, 1857-59, m Middlebury College, and one year
in Amherst College. Before going to the Seminary he engaged
in farming for a time, and was a member of Company B of the
7th Squadron, Rhode Island Calvary, in the Union Army,
1862; this was the only company in the Civil War composed of
college students. He entered the Seminary- at Princeton in
1863, remaining two years. He took the third year of his
seminary course at Andover, from which he graduated in 1866.
He was licensed by the Essex South Congregational Associa-
tion in 1866. He was never ordained. He supplied the church
at Little Sioux, la., 1867 to 1868, but did not continue in the
work of the ministry. He was editor of St. Alban's Messen-
ger, 1868-72; editor of the Herald and Globe, Rutland, Vt.,
1872-79; again editor of the St. Alban's Messenger, 1880-83;
from the latter year until 1886, he was editor of the Oregon-
ian, of Portland, Ore., and of the Ledger, Tacoma, Wash.,
1887-90. After this he was for a time editor of the Everett
Herald, with his residence at Tacoma. The later years of his
life were spent in Saxton's River, Vt., where he died Oct.
2, 1909, of apoplexy, in the 71st year of his age. He was
buried at Saxton's River. He published : "College Cavaliers",
1883 > "The Mistakes of Prohibition", and "Chinese Immigra-
tion".
He was married Dec. 24, 1880, in Louisville, Ky., to Sue
Harry Clagett, who died Aug. 14, 1890. Two sons survive
him.
WILLIAM EEOWN CHAMBEHLIN,
Son of Moses and Elizabeth (Brown) Chamberlin. was born
Aug. 29, 1832, in Hanover, Ind. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Allensville, Ind.,
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at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Hanover, under Dr. James Wood and Prof. George A.
Irwin, and he graduated from Hanover College in 1864. After
his graduation, he spent four months in the northern army
during the Civil War. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1864, he remained there a year. The other two years of his
theological course were spent in the McCormick Seminary,
from which he graduated in 1867. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Madison (O. S.) April 12, 1866, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Indianapolis, Oct. 20,
1867. He engaged in work as a home missionary in Indian-
apolis, from 1867 to 1870. He was pastor of the Fifth Church,
Indianapolis, 1870-72; of the church at Redwood Falls, Minn.,
1872-75; stated supply at Hamburg, la., 1875-76; pastor of the
Eleventh Church, Indianapolis, Ind., 1877-81 ; stated supply at
Humbolt, Kan., 1881-86; pastor at Coffeville, Kan., 1886-91;
stated supply and missionary in Hanover, Ind., 1891-1907. At
this time he was honorably retired from the active work of the
ministry, and continued his residence in Hanover until his death
which occurred there, May 18, 1909, of arterial schlerosis, in
the 77th year of his age. He was buried at Hanover. Mr.
Chamberlin was moderator of the Presbytery of Indianapolis
in 1867, of the Presbytery of Neosho in 1887, and of the
Presbytery of New Albany in 1892.
He was married June 27, 1871, in Indianapolis, Ind., to
Josephine H. Allen, who, with two sons and one daughter,
survives him.
FRANCIS WALLACE FAERIES,
Son of Robert and Janet (Patterson) Farries, was born May 1,
1840, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Acton, Ont., Canada,
at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Rockwood Academy, Ont., and in the Gait Grammar
School, also in Ontario, and he graduated from Knox College.
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Toronto, in 1864. He spent two years of his theological course
1864-66 in the theological department of Knox College. Dur-
ing one of these years he was teacher of Classics in Knox
College. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1866, taking
his third year there and graduating in 1867. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18, 1867 and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Hudson, May 19, 1868. He served
the church at Otisville, N. Y., as stated supply from 1867 until
installed its pastor at the time of his ordination. He was
released from this charge Jan. 27, 1871. After this he had
the following pastorial charges : the Dumfries Street Church of
Paris, Ont., 1871-75; the Knox Church, Ottawa, 1875-93; an d
the church at Goldsboro, N. C, 1893-1909. He died April 7,
1909, in Goldsboro, of apoplexy, in the 69th year of his age.
He was buried at Goldsboro. Mr. Farries was a member of
the General Assembly's Home Missions Committee of the Can-
adian Church, 1879-93, an d convener of the same; he was
chaplain of the St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa, 1881-1893;
of the Sons of Scotland, of Ottawa, 1890-93 ; and of the High
Court of Ontario, I. O. F., 1892-1903. He published many
sermons and was joint editor of the Handbook of the Presby-
terian Church of Canada.
He was married Jan. 21, 1868, in Otisville, N. Y., to
Sophia Antionette Bugle, who, with three sons and three
daughters, survives him.
JOSEPH GAMBLE, D.D.,
Son of Archibald and Louisa B. (Easton) Gamble, was born
Sept. 6, 1842, \n St. Louis, Mo. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Canonsburg,
Pa., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the St. Louis High School, and he graduated from
Jefferson College in 1864. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1867. He was licensed by the
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Presbytery of New York (O. S.), Oct. 10, 1866, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Cincinnati, (O. S.), June 9, 1868, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Avondale, O.
He was released from this charge July 14, 1870. He was pastor
of the Poplar Street Church, Cincinnati, O., from July 2, 1871
to June 28, 1872; pastor of the church of Wyoming, O., from
Sept. 28, 1872, to March 1, 1880; his only other pastorate was
that of the church at Plattsburg, N. Y., from July 1, 1880,
to Sept. 18, 1907, a period of twenty-seven years. He sup-
plied the Plattsburg church after his release from it until
April 1908. Thereafter he continued his residence in Platts-
burg, until his death, which occurred Aug. 8, 1909, at Red
Oakes, near Plattsburg, in the 67th year of his age. He was
buried in the cemetery of Princeton, N. J. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. in 1895 from Union College. He
published a number of sermons and was for many years
the correspondent of "The Presbyterian" under the pen name
of Nemo.
He was married April 25, 1867, in Princeton, N. J., to Mary
McGill, daughter of the Rev. Prof. A. T. McGill, of Princeton
Seminary. Mrs. Gamble, with two daughters, survives her
husband.
THOMAS JEFFERSON AIKEN,
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Dougherty) Aiken, was born
April 1, 1 841, in Chester Co., Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Great Valley,
Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued partly under his pastor, the Rev. R. M. Patterson, of
Great Valley, and partly under the Rev. Samuel Gayley in the
Media Classical Institute of Media, and he graduated from
Lafayette College in 1865. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by the
Central Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 2, 1867, and ordain-
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ed by the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 27, 1869.
He became stated supply of the churches of East Whiteland
and Reeseville, Pa., in May 1868, and was installed their
pastor April 27, 1869. His relation with the former church
was dissolved in May 1871, and he continued pastor of the
Reeseville Church until January, 1874. His next pastorate
was over the church at Port Deposit, Md., 1874-82. He was
then pastor of the Second Church of Chester, Pa., 1882-85 ;
and pastor of the Trinity Church, Berwyn, Pa., from Oct.
17, 1885, to May 28, 1901, and after this, of the church at
Paoli, Pa., from May 31, 1901, to June 6, 1905, and of the
church at Malvern, Pa., from May 31, 1901, to Dec. 31,
1907. While pastor of Trinity Church, Berwyn, he helped
organize the church at Malvern, although he was not its first
pastor. He was the founder of the church at Paoli, and its
first pastor. He died Oct. 24, 1909, at Berwyn, of heart
failure, in the 69th year of his age, and was buried in the
cemetery of the Great Valley Church, Pa. Mr. Aiken assisted
in the organization of the Wayne church, and while at Chester
he organized the Bethany Church of South Chester.
He was married May 23, 1871, at Frazer, Chester Co., Pa.,
to Susan Davis, who, with three sons and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
ALVIN CUTLEE CAMPBELL
Son of James and Margaret (Murphy) Campbell, was born in
Whiting, Me., Oct. 6, 1836. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Central Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn,
N. Y., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Brooklyn High School under the Rev. J. S.
Davidson, D.D., and he graduated from Amherst College in
1865. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1868. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Nassau,
Oct. 8, 1867, and ordained by the Presbytery of North-
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umberland June 30, 1868. At the time of his ordination he
was installed pastor of the church at Northumberland, Pa.,
and was released from this charge in April 1869. Afterward
he served the following churches : stated supply at North
Point and Renovo, Pa., 1869-72; pastor elect at Pulaski, Pa.,
from 1872 until installed pastor in April 1873, being released
from this charge in 1876; pastor at Montgomery, Pa., from
March 21, 1876 to March 21, 1880; stated supply at North-
umberland, Pa., from March 1880, to September 1885; stated
supply at Orbisonia, Pa., for six months; stated supply at
Montgomery again from December, 1887, to August, 1897;
stated supply at Warrior Run, Pa., 1887-1904. At this time
ill health abliged him to give up active ministerial work. He
resided in Northumberland, Pa., from 1880 until his death,
which occurred there Jan. 27, 1910, of paresis, in the 74th
year of his age. He was buried at Northumberland. During
his entire ministry he suffered from ill health.
He was married May 4, 1869, in Northumberland, Pa., to
Mattie Hanselman, who survives him.
JAMES WILLIAM McILVAIN, D.D.
Son of Donald and Sarah Bedford (Beatty) Mcllvain, was
born Oct. 29, 1850, in Baltimore, Md. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Baltimore at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the private school of George G. Carey in Balti-
more, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1870.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1873, an d remaining for a further year of graduate study.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Baltimore, Oct. 15,
1873, an d ordained by the Presbytery of Lehigh, June 19,
1878. After leaving Princeton he engaged in teaching in a
private family in Newburgh, from December 1874 to June
I 875, when he spent four months in travel in Europe. He was
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stated supply of the church at Mt. Alto, Md., from December
1875 to June 1876, and later supplied the Dolphin Street
Church, now Lafayette Square, in Baltimore, for six months
in 1877. At the time of his ordination he was installed pastor
of the South Bethlehem Church, Pa., and this relation was
dissolved Sept. 17, 1879. In the same year he became
stated supply of the church at Palisades, N. Y., being installed
its pastor Feb. 16, 1880. He was released from this
charge Sept. 19, 1882. He was stated supply at Hyatts-
ville, Md., from September 1883 until installed pastor Oct.
15, 1884. This relation continued until April 1892. He was
pastor of the church at Annapolis, Md., from April 25, 1892,
until June 8, 1897. He supplied the Roland Park Church,
Baltimore, from December 1898 until January 1900. At this
time he gave up the work of the pastorate to accept the agency
of the Maryland Tract Society, with his headquarters in
Baltimore. He continued this work until his death, which
occurred Aug. 7, 1909, in Baltimore, of Bright's disease, in
the 59th year of his age. He was buried in the Greenmount
Cemetery near Baltimore. He received the honorary degree
of D.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1905. Dr. Mc-
Ilvain published : "Early Presbyterianism in Maryland", in
1890, (one of the Johns Hopkins University studies in history
and political sciences) ; "Some Relics of Early Presbyterianism
in Maryland", reprinted from the papers of the American
Society of Church History; and "What are the Grounds for
Divorce as Revealed in Holy Scripture?" 1902.
He was married April 15, 1896, in Salisbury, Md., to
Amelia Franklin Toadvine, who survives him.
WILLIAM DAVY THOMAS, PhD., D.D.,
Son of Thomas D., and Elizabeth (Davy) Thomas, was born
Jan. 5, 1844, in Carmarthenshire, S. Wales. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Wales, at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
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pursued in Dublin, Ireland, and at Dr. J. F. Pingry's School,
Elizabeth, N. J., and he graduated from Princeton University
in 1870. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he remained there one year. The other two years
of his seminary course he took in Union Seminary, New York
City, from which he graduated in 1873. He spent the year
1874-75 in Leipzig University, as a student of Philosophy and
Theology, and the year following in the University of Berlin
pursuing the same studies. He was pursuing these studies in
accordance with the conditions of the fellowship of Mental
and Moral Philosophy, which he received from Princeton
University in 1870. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Elizabeth, Oct. 1, 1872, and ordained by the Presbytery
of Topeka, April 30, 1876. He supplied Grace Church of
Peoria, 111., from June 1873 to March 1874. He was pastor of
Westminster Church, Leavenworth, Kan., from April 30, 1876
to May 13, 1877; of the First Church, Winona, Minn., 1877-
1880; of the church at La Crosse, Wis., from Dec. 19,
1880, to April 21, 1889; after this he was the missionary of the
Synod of Wisconsin, with his residence at La Crosse, from
1889 until his death, which occurred May 10, 1909, suddenly,
while he was on the railway train near Camp Douglas, Wis.,
in the 66th year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery
at La Crosse, Wis. He received the honorary degree of Ph.D.,
from Berlin University, in 1876, and that of D.D., from Gale
College in 1893. He was a member of the American Academy
of Politics and Social Sciences; a fellow of the Society of
Science, Letters and Art of London, Eng. He was repeatedly
moderator of his Presbytery, and was also moderator of the
Synod of Wisconsin. He published several sermons and ad-
dresses. During his student life in Germany, he engaged in
teaching. He was editor for a time of the Wisconsin Presby-
terian Review. He was unmarried.
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GEORGE GERMAIN ELY RICHARDS,
Son of Rev. Charles and Christiana Brown (McMuldroch)
Richards, was born Sept. n, 1849, i n Hector, N. Y. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Maumee City, O., at the age of sixteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in Maumee City, under Rev.
Prof. R. B. Pope, and he graduated from Western Reserve
College in 1872, being the second honor man of his class. He
spent the following year as a tutor in Western Reserve College.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1893, remaining two
years. The last year of his seminary course he spent in Union
Seminary, New York City, from which he graduated in 1876.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Cleveland, June 9, 1875,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Wisconsin River, Oct.
10, 1876. From July 1876 to June 1877 he supplied the church
at Richard Centre, Wis., and the churches at Delmar, Elwood,
and Lost Nation, la., from Nov. 7, 1877, to Dec. 9, 1881 ;
he was pastor of the church at Gallipolis from May 4,
1882, to Dec. 18, 1884; of the churches at Murdoch and
Goshen, O., from April 30, 1885, to Dec. 7, 1891. From
this latter date until April 1900 he was stated supply at Green-
ville, 111. He was pastor of the church at Kirkwood, 111., from
May 1, 1900, to July 26, 1904; pastor of the church at Mt.
Carmel, 111., Nov. 22, 1904, to Sept 15, 1908. He sup-
plied the church at Greenview, 111., during the following
year. He died at Greenview, 111., June 6, 1909, of heart
failure, two weeks after breaking his leg when thrown from
his bicycle. He was in his 60th year when he died. He was
buried at Greenville, 111. He was stated clerk of the Presby-
tery of Alton from 1897 to 1900; and of the Presbytery of
Schuyler, 1902-1904. He was permanent clerk of the latter
Presbytery from 1902 until his death. He was moderator of
the Presbyteries of Athens, Cincinnati, Alton, Cairo and
Ewing. He was a member of the joint committee on the
adjustment of the boundry lines between the Synod of Illinois
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and the Synod of Illinois A. He published a historical address
on the occasion of the Semi-Centennial of the Goshen Presby-.
terian church. He taught school in Wisconsin from Novem-
ber 1868 to March 1869, and in New York City for a time
in 1874.
He was married Sept. 27, 1876, in Hudson, O., to Annie
Laura Lord, who, with three daughters, survives him.
WILLIAM ADDISON ALEXANDER, D-D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. James Harvey and Louisa Jane (Bingham)
Alexander, was born in Kosciusko, Miss., Jan. 19, 1857.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Kosciusko at the age of fourteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the private and public schools of Kos-
ciusko, and he graduated from the University of Mississippi
in 1875. He spent the following year as a tutor of Greek and
Mathematics in the University of Mississippi, and entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1876, taking the full three years'
course there and graduating in 1879. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Central Mississippi, July 9, 1879, and ordained
by the same, Oct. 12, 1879. He was pastor of the church
at Lexington, Miss., 1879-81 ; stated supply of the church at
Franklin, Miss., during the same time ; stated supply at the
church of Yazoo City, Miss., 1881-84; pastor of the church at
Canton, Miss., 1884-92; and stated supply of the church at
Madison, Wis., 1885-92. At this time he gave up the work of
the pastorate to accept the chair of Biblical Literature in the
Southwestern Presbyterian Lmiversity, entering upon his duties
there in 1892, with his residence at Clarksville, Tenn. He
continued his work as professor until his death, which occurred
Nov. 15, 1909, in Memphis, Tenn., of heart failure, in the
53rd year of his age. He was buried at Clarksville. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Davidson Callege
in 1896. Dr. Alexander was stated clerk of the Presbytery
of Central Mississippi from 1886 to 1892 ; and stated clerk and
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treasurer of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church South, from 1898 until his death. He was a member
of the General Assembly of the Southern Church in 1883 and
1890. He was a delegate to the meeting of the Presbyterian
Council in Toronto in 1892; and a member of the Alliance
of the Reformed Churches in 1907. He was corresponding
editor of the Southwestern Presbyterian from 1891 to 1894.
He published the Digest of the Acts and Decisions of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S.,
1888, and a supplement to the same, 1898. He also published
a tract on Card Playing in 1898, and was editor of the Minutes
of the Southern General Assembly from 1898 until his death.
He also published miscellaneous book reviews and numerous
articles in the religious press.
He was married Oct. 15, 1890, in Canton, Miss., to Ora
Scales Reid, who, with two daughters and one son, survives
him.
HARRY VERNON RICE,
Son of William Harry and Anna Maria (Talmadge) Rice, was
born Oct. 25, 1852, in Fulton, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian church of
Sandwich, 111., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued at Kalamazoo College, Mich., and be-
came a student in Lafayette College, from which he did not
graduate. He took the first two years of his theological course
in Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1876-78, and the
third year in Princeton, from which he graduated in 1879.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Lehigh April 18, 1878,
and was ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Mankato,
Oct. 8, 1879. During the summer of 1877 ne supplied the
First Presbyterian Church of Audenried, Pa., and preached
under the Home Mission Board in Grand Rapids Presbytery
during the summer of 1878; he was stated supply of the church
at Flandreau, Dak., in 1880; he served the church at Carson
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City, Nev., as pastor elect in 1881 ; the church at Cambria, Cal.,
as stated supply from 1881 to 1882; the church at lone, Cal.,
as stated supply, 1882-84; the church at Union, Ore., as stated
supply, in 1886; and the church at Port Townsend Bay, Wash.,
as pastor, 1887-97. From this time he resided without charge
in Quilcene, Wash., until 1904 and then in Santa Barbara, Cal,
until his death, which occurred there Feb. 26, 1909, of apo-
plexy, in the 57th year of his age. He was buried at Santa
Barbara, Cal.
Mr. Rice was married twice: (1) In New York City, to
Alida M. Du Bois; (2) In Port Townsend, Wash., July 15,
1889, to Jennie M. Bill, who, with one daughter by his first
wife, survives him.
JAMES ALEXANDER CREIGHTON,
Son of James and Margaret (Moffat) Creighton, was born
March 24, 1848, in Conshocton Co., O. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Jefferson Presbyterian Church
near Warsaw, O., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Ohio under the Rev. Robert Morrison,
and at the Vermillion Institute; and he graduated from the
Forest Academy in 1873, with the first honors of his class.
He then engaged in teaching for four years in the Stephenson
Academy in Maury Co., Tenn. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1877, taking the full three years' course there, and
graduating in 1880. He was licensed by the Presbytery at
Columbia, Sept. 16, 1880, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Paducah, Sept. 26, 1880. At the time of his
ordination he was installed pastor of the church at Colum-
bus, Ky., where he remained one year. He was stated supply
at Farmington, Mo., 1881-88; at Abilene, Colorado, and Sweet-
water, Mo., 1889-90; at Abilene and Anson, Mo., 1890-91.
He labored as an evangelist in Abilene, Mo., from 1891 to
1892, and as pastor elect of the church at Waxahachie, Mo.,
and stated supply of the church at Lone Elm, Mo., for a time
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in 1892. He "served the session of the Corsicana church as
county evangelist for Navarro", 1893-98. He also served the
Montgomery City and Benton City churches. Mo., from 1897
to 1898. For a time he was financial agent of the Synod of
Texas for Gainesville Female College. He organized what is
now called Elmwood Seminar}- while at Farmington, Mo. He
died Sept. 3, 1909, at Ennis, Tex., of paralysis, in the 62nd
year of his age. He was buried at Ennis.
He was married Nov. 23, 1898, to Ben Thorn well Prewitt,
who, with one son, survives him.
JOHN LEEOY TAYLOR, Ph.D., D.D.,
Son of Simpson Charlton and Elizabeth (Hattan) Taylor, was
born Oct. 2, 1850, in Bethlehem, Ind. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Pisgah Church (N. S.), Bethle-
hem, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the preparatory department of Hanover College, and
he graduated from Wabash College in 1876. He spent the
next six months in teaching and then six months on a farm.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1877, remaining there
one year. He took the other two years of his theological course
in Lane Seminary, from which he graduated in 1880. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Albany, April 10, 1879, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Denver, Oct. 9, 18S0. He
was stated supply of the church at Greely, Col., from June
1880 to July 1882; stated supply at Waverly, N. Y., from
July 1882 to August 1889; pastor of the church at Wyoming,
O., from Nov. 13, 1889, to Oct. 20, 1902; pastor of the
church at Asbury Park, N. J., from Nov. 12, 1902, until
his death, which occurred July 11, 1909, at Asbury Park, of
Bright's disease, in the 59th year of his age. He was buried
at La Porte, Ind. He received the degree of Ph.D., from
Worcester University in 1897, and that of D.D., from Hanover
College in 1906.
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He was married March 29, 1882, in La Porte, Ind., to
Annie Virginia Frye, who survives him.
JOHN PETER ENGSTPwOM,
Son of Magnus and Ellen (Solberg) Engstrom, was born
Nov. n, 1855, at Hoganas, Sweden. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
New Albany, Ind., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the preparatory departmnt of Hanover
College, from which institution he graduated in 1881. He took
the first year of his theological course in Lane Seminary im-
mediately after his graduation from college. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1882, he remained there one year.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Albany, April
4, 1883, and ordained by the same Presbytery April 5, 1883.
He was pastor of the church at Mt. Carmel, Ind., 1883-85 ;
stated supply at Waveland, Ind., 1886, until installed pastor
May 12, 1887, serving this church until 1890; stated supply
at Lebanon, Ind., 1891-93; stated supply at Poplar Bluff, Mo.,
1893-95; stated supply of the Parke Memorial Church, Evans-
ville, Ind., from 1895 until installed its pastor in the following
year; this relation was dissolved April 9, 1902; pastor at
Oskaloosa, la., from June 3, 1902, to Sept. 20, 1905. During
the next two years he engaged in work as an evangelist.
His last active work was as stated supply of the church at
Lansing, la., from 1907 until his death, which occurred Aug.
4, 1909, at Lansing, of angina pectoris, in the 54th year of his
age. He was buried at Lansing.
He was married Oct. 25, 1883, m Clark Co., Ind., to
Emma Le Craw, who, with three daughters, survives him.
EDWAED HUNTTING EUDD,
Son of Edward Payson and Betsy (Huntting) Rudd, was born
June 17, i860, in Sag Harbor, L. I., N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Sag
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Harbor, at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued at Sag Harbor in the Dwight Private School of Rail-
way, N. Y., and Rutgers Grammar School, New Brunswick,
N. J., and he graduated from Princeton University in 1883.
During the next year he travelled for a time in Europe and
studied in Edinburgh University and New College, Edin-
burgh. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1884, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1887. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabeth, April 26, 1886 and
ordained by the Presbytery of Albany, Oct. 25, 1887, be-
ing at the same time installed pastor of the Sixth Church of
Albany, N. Y. He was released from this charge May 4,
1891. He was pastor of the First Church of Albion, N. Y.,
from May 19, 1891, to Feb. 2, 1897; associate pastor of
the Madison Square Church, New York City, 1897-99; the
following year he spent at the University of Bonn, Germany;
he was pastor of the First Congregational Church at Dedham,
Mass., from April 24, 1901, until his death, which occurred at
Dedham, July 8, 1909, of cancer of the liver, in the 50th
year of his age. He was buried at Stockbridge, Mass. He
was moderator of the Presbytery of Albany in 1890, and was
moderator of the Presbytery of Niagara. He was a commiss-
ioner from the Presbytery of Albany to Auburn Theological
Seminary, and held the same appointment from the Presbytery
of Niagara. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly
of 1894. He published occasional sermons, and newspaper
articles, and edited the Triennial, Sexennial and Decennial
Records of the Class of 1883 of Princeton University. He
edited also Twenty Years After, the Record of his college
class. He published also Dedham's Ancient Landmarks, and
their national significance, 1908.
He was married Sept. 9, 1887, in Pittsfield, Mass., to
Mary Winslow Dwight, who, with two sons and one daughter,
survives him.
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LUTHER ALBERTUS OATES,
Son of Isaac Read and Sarah Ellen (Falls) Oates, was born
Jan. 17, 1865, in Shelby, N. C. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the German Reformed Church of Newton,
N. C, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in King's Mountain High School, N. C, and in the
Catawba High School of Newton, N. C, and he gradu-
ated from Davidson College, N. C, in 1887. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1890.
He remained for a further year of graduate study in the
Seminary. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Mecklinburg,
July 31, 1890; and ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle,
May 26, 1892, being at the same time installed pastor of the
church in Delaware City, Del. He was released from this
charge Jan. 22, 1900. His other pastorates were that of the
Falling Spring Church, Chambersburg, Pa., from Feb. 27,
1900, to March 12, 1903, and that of the First Church of
Bridgeton, N. J., from May 14, 1903, until his death, which
occurred Nov. 15, 1909, in the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital,
Philadelphia, of a complication of diseases, in the 45th
year of his age. He was buried in the Broad Street Cemetery,
Bridgeton, N. J. Pie was stated clerk of the Presbytery of
New Castle, 1899 to 1900; he was a commissioner to the
General Assembly in 1899 and 1906. He was a trustee of the
Wilson Female Academy, Pa., and of the West Jersey Acad-
emy of Bridgeton, N. J.
He was married Oct. 30, 1902, in Beverly, Md., to Ethel-
inde Chrisfield Dennis, who, with one son, survives him.
JOSEPH McINTYRE,
Son of Daniel and Annie (McOuade) Mclntyre, was born
March 2, 1866, in West Troy, N. Y. He made a public con-
fessoion of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Troy at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
58 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ 1 9 10
pursued in the Troy Academy, of which Newton Wilson was
principal, and he graduated from Union College in 1888.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he spent four years there, graduating in 1892. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Troy, April 18, 1892, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, Sept. 15,
1892, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Port Kennedy, Pa. He was released from this charge
Oct. 2, 1894. He supplied the church at Vorheesville, N.
Y., 1894-95; he was pastor of the First Reformed Dutch
Church of West Glenville, N. Y., 1895-1899, and of the Dutch
Reformed Church at Cold Spring, N. Y., 1899-1902. His last
pastorate was over the Dutch Reformed Church of Bloming-
burg, N. Y., 1903-06; after this he continued his residence in
Bloomingburg, and died, June 17, 1909, in Scotia, N. Y., of
nervous exhaustion, in the 44th year of his age. He was
buried in the Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, N. Y.
He was married Aug. 22, 1888, in Schenectady, to Sarah
Gertrude Schermerhorn, who, with five sons and one daughter,
survives him.
ALBERT BED),
Son of George Spafford and Elizabeth (Denise) Reid, was
orn Feb. 23, 1864, in Englishtown. N. J. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Old Tennent Presbyterian
Church at Tennent, N. J., at the age of seventeen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Freehold Institute, N. J.,
of which the Rev. A. G. Chambers was pricipal, and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1890. Entering the Semin-
ary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1893. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Monmouth, April 13, 1892, and ordained
by the Presbytery of West Jersey, April 24, 1894; being at the
same time installed pastor of the churches at Glassboro and
Bunker Hill, N. J. He was released from this double charge
I9IO] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 59
Jan. 29, 1895. He was pastor of the Irving Avenue Church
of Bridgeton, N. J., from Feb. 28, 1905, to Sept. 27,
1898, and of the church at Kingston, N. J., from Nov. 2,
1898, to Nov. 10, 1904. He supplied the church at Jupiter,
N. C, from December 1904 to August 1909. At this
time he received a call to the church at Temple, Oklahoma,
and had entered upon his work there, arrangements having
been made for his installation. He died Nov. 19, 1909, in
Temple, of typhoid fever, in the 46th year of his age. He
was buried in the Old Tenent Church Cemetery, N. J. He was
a commissioner to the General Assembly of 1909.
He was married June 7, 1894, in Hightstown, N. J., to
Helen Louisa Schenck, who, with three daughters, survives
him.
ARTHUR D0U3ALL,
Son of William and Susan P. (Tinning) Dougal, was born
Nov. 20, 1868, at Glenville, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the East Avenue (State Street)
Presbyterian Church of Schenectady, N. Y., at the age of
fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Union
Classical Institute (now Schenectady High School), under
Prof. Charles S. Halsey, principal, and he graduated from
Union College in 1892. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1895. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Albany, Feb. 5, 1895, and ordained by the Presbytery
of New Castle, Oct. 10, 1895, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of the Buckingham Church of Berlin, Md. He
was released from this charge Feb. 27, 1900. He was
pastor of the Reformed Dutch church of Fort Plain, N. Y.,
from March 1900 to April 1903; pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Canandaigua, N. Y., from April 1903 to
October 1904; and pastor of the First Church of Elmira, N. Y.,
from Nov. 10, 1904, until his death, which occurred at Elmira,
60 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ I 9 I °
Oct. 17, 1909, of typhoid fever, in the 41st year of his age.
He was buried at Schenectady, N. Y.
He was married June 19, 1895, at Fort Edward, N. Y., to
Bessie Veeder Dollar, who, with two sons, survives him.
WILLIAM HENKY MOEROW,
Son of Morris and Martha (Long) Morrow, was born Jan.
14, 1869, in Greensboro, N. C. He made a public confession
of his faith in the St. James Presbyterian Church of Greens-
boro at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the graded school, Benett College, and Parochial
School, of the St. James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro;
and he graduated from Biddle University in 1893. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1896. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 21, 1896,
and ordained by the same Presbytery, April 27, of the same
year. During the summer of 1896 he supplied the church of
Rock}' Mount, N. C. He was stated supply of Brook Chapel
of Hilburn, N. Y., from August 1896 to July 1900, and at the
same time engaged in teaching in the district school of Hil-
burn. After this he served the following churches as stated
supply : the Willard Presbyterian Church of Union, S. C, from
August 1900 to May 1901 ; the Second Presbyterian Church of
Lexington, N. C, from June 1901 to July 1902; the Brook
Chapel of Hilburn, N. Y., from August 1902 to October 1906;
the Lafayette Presbyterian Church of Jersey City, N. J., from
April to July 1907; and the Siloam Church of Elizabeth, N. J.,
from July 1907 until his death, which occurred Nov. 28,
1908, in Brooklyn, N. Y., of heart failure, following pneu-
monia, after an illness of only four days, in the 40th year of
his age. He was buried in Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Morrow
was a clerk in the classified service of the U. S. Government,
from 1906 until his death, at first in the U. S. Navy Yard,
Boston, Mass., and afterward at the Brooklyn Navy Yard..
1910] NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
6l
During the years of this service he preached and taught Sun-
day School constantly.
He was married July 14, 1897, in Baltimore, Md., to
Lottie Armstrong Eggleston, who, with two sons and one
daughter, survives him.
WILLIAM HUMBOLDT LAYSON,
Son of Alfred Ewing and Mary Cassandra (Anderson) Lay-
son, was born Aug. 10, i860, at Gravelly Ford, Humboldt
River, Utah (now in Nevada). He made a public confession
of his faith in the Methodist Episcopal Church South at the
age of eight. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
public schools and he graduated from the Pacific Methodist
College at Newburg, Ore., in 1880. For thirteen years there-
after he praticsed law, and from 1891 to 1895 was Assistant
Attorney-General of the state of California. Having decided
to devote himself to the ministry, he began his studies in the
San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1895, remaining there
two years. In the fall of 1897 he entered the Seminary at
Princeton, but remained only one week, completing his course
in Union Theological Seminary, New York City, from which
he graduated in 1898. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
San Francisco, April 14, 1896, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Los Angeles, April 13, 1899. He was stated supply
of the church at Corinth, N. Y., from July to October 1898,
and of the church at Santa Ana, Cal., from November 1898 to
February 1900. He was associate pastor of the Immanuel
Church, Los Angeles, from February to August, 1901 ; stated
supply at Sandusky, O., from April to July 1904; stated supply
at Astoria, Ore., from July to October 1905 ; stated supply of
the Third Congregational Church of San Francisco from
November 1905 to February 1906; stated supply of the Park
Church, Berkeley, Cal., from June to October 1906; stated
supply of Grace Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, from October
1906 until his health failed shortly before his death. He died
62 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [ I 9 10
March 8, 1909, in San Francisco, Cal., of pneumonia, in the
49th year of hib age. He was buried in the Cypress Lawn
Cemetery of San Francisco. He received the degree of Ph.D.,
from the Pacific Methodist College in 1883; that of D.C.L.
from St. Charles College in 1887; and that of LL.D., from the
Central Normal College in 1891. He published briefs in
criminal and civil cases pending in the courts of California in
four volumes.
He was married Jan. 1, 1900, in San Francisco, Cal., to
Clara Hawley, who survives him.
WILLIAM MIDDLETON GRANT,
Son of Charles Stoneson and Isabella (Middleton) Grant, was
born April 28, 1870 in Aberdeen, Scotland. His parents came
to this country when he was an infant, and settled in Granite,
Md. He made a public confession of his faith in the Presby-
terian Church of Granite, at the age of fifteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in New Windsor Preparatory School,
Md., and he graduated from New Windsor College in 1896.
He took the first year of his theological course in the Auburn
Seminary, 1896-97; the remaining two years were taken in the
Seminary at Princeton, from which he graduated in 1899. He
was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Nebraska
City, Sept. 6, 1899. From May to October, 1899, he supplied
the church at Utica, Neb., and from June to November 1900,
the church at Circleville, N. Y. He was pastor of the Circle-
ville church from May 8, 1901, to April 27, 1906; and of the
church at White Haven from May 28, 1906 to March 30, 1908.
He was pastor of the Bald Eagle, Nittany and Beech Creek
churches, with the post office at Mill Hall, N. Y., from Decem-
ber 1908 to September 1909, when ill health obliged him to give
up his pastorial work. After this he resided in Baltimore, Md.,
until his death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1909, in Baltimore,
of tuberculosis, in the 39th year of his age. He was buried
in Aberdeen, Md.
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He was married May 22, 1901, in Aberdeen, Md., to Sadie
R. Jamison, who, with two sons and one daughter, survives
him.
PAUL DICKSON AXTELL,
Son of the Rev. John Stockton and Lena (Dickson) Axtell,
was born in Clyde, O., June 5, 1882. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Portland,
Ind., at the age of twelve. He was prepared for college in his
native town by his father, and graduated from Wooster Univer-
sity in 1903. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
the same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1906. He was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery
of Wooster, June 15, 1906. He supplied the church at Stock-
ton, N. J., while a student, during the summer of 1904, and
the Westminster Church, at Harrisburg, Pa., during the sum-
mer of 1905. He was assistant pastor of the Mizpah Chapel
of the Central Church of New York City from June 1906 to
December 1909, and assistant pastor of the church at Sewick-
ley, Pa., from the latter date until his death, which occurred
Jan. 17, 1909, at the home of his parents near Homestead,
Pa., in the 27th year of his age. He was buried at Wooster,
O. He was unmarried.
JOHN MARTIN NEWKIRE,
Son of Garrett and Martha Elizabeth (Martin) Newkirk, was
born Oct. 2, 1879, in Wenona, 111. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Kenwood Presbyterian Church
of Chicago, 111., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Hyde Park High School of Chicago. He
spent one year in Occidental College of Los Angeles, and then
three years in the University of California, from which he
graduated in 1903. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course,
graduating in 1906. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Los Angeles, Jan. 11, 1905, but on account of ill health was
64 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. i^ 1 ^
not ordained. During the second and third years of his semin-
ar}' course he took a graduate course in Princeton University,
receiving the degree of A.M. from that institution in 1906.
Just previous to his final examinations, he suffered a severe
attack of the grippe. Indications of tuberculosis soon mani-
fested themselves and he spent the rest of his brief life in a
vain effort to overcome this disease. He had expected to
enter the service of the Board of Foreign Missions in China
or Korea. He died April 1, 1910, in Phoenix, Ariz., of con-
sumption, in the 31st year of his age, and was buried in
Pasadena, Cal., which had been his home since leaving the
Seminary. He was unmarried.
JOHN WESLEY SULLIVAN, Ph.D.,
Was born Aug. 23, 1859, of parents unknown to him. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Cumberland Pres-
byterian church at Bentonville, Ark., at the age of sixteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the high school at Benton-
ville, and he graduated from Cane Hill College, now Arkansas
Cumberland College, in 1884. He was licensed by the Cumber-
land Presbytery of Arkansas in March, 1882, and ordained
by the same Presbytery Aug. 9, 1884. After this he engaged
in teaching for a time. He studied theology in the Seminary
of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., from 1887 to 1889
and graduated from this institution in 1890. He supplied the
Cumberland Presbyterian church of West Plains, Mo., in
1893, an d later the following Cumberland churches: that at
Harrisonville, Mo., 1901 ; that at Center Mew, Mo., 1902-
1904; that at Richard, Mo., 1905-07. He came to Princeton
in 1908 and was a graduate student in the Seminary there from
that time until his death, which occurred Oct. 7, 1909, at
Princeton, of paralysis, in the 51st year of his age. He was
buried in the Princeton cemetery. He received the honorary
degree of Ph.D., from Cumberland University, in 1900.
He was married Aug. 23, 1892, in Nashville. Tenn., to
Mrs. Alice (Rudolph) Jackson, who survives him.
INDEX.
PAGE.
Aiken, Thomas Jefferson 45
Alexander, William Addison 5 1
Axtell, Paul Dickson 03
Baird, John Taylor 26
(Campbell, Alvin Cutler 4°
Chamberlin, William Brown A 2
Chaney, James McDonald 19
Creighton, James Alexander S3
Darrach, William Bradford 29
Dougall, Arthur 59
Kngstrom, John Peter 55
FarkieSj Francis Wallace 43
Feagles, Robert Stoutenburgh 24
Gamble, Joseph 44
Gamble, Robert 20
Grant, William Middleton 62
I Iamill, Hugh Henderson 9
Jackson, Sheldon 21
Johnson, William Melanchthon 27
Laverty, David Hull 30
Layson, William Humboldt 61
McIlvain, James William 47
McIntyre, Joseph 57
Millard, Nelson 28
Milligan, John Lynn 32
Morison, Charles 33
Morrow, William Henry 60
Newkirk, John Martin 63
Oates, Luther Albertus 57
Perry, Talmon Cornelius 17
Pettengill, Samuel Barrett 41
Rankin, Alexander 38
Reid, Albert 58
Rice, Harry Vernon 52
Richards, George Jermain Ely 50
Rudd, Edward Huntting 55
Scofield, John Henry 33
Sluter, George 34
Smith, Roswell Delavan 39
Smith, William Thayer 40
Snell, Moses Porter 40
Stewart, George Dillon 14
Sullivan, John Wesley 64
Taylor, John Leroy 54
Templeton, William Harris 15
Thomas, John 16
Thomas, William Davy 48
Travis, William 35
Waterman, Alfred Tileston 25
Weidman, Jacob 23
Wilson, William Vandolah 12
Witherow, Thomas Scott 18
Withrow, John Lindsay 36
Woodbridge, John 13
Wright, Thomas 11
Necrological Report
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 9th, 191 1
By the Secretary
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second class mail matter.
[I9II
NOTICE
The preparation of the Necrological Report has been committed by
the Association to the Secretary, who earnestly solicits the aid of all
the Alumni of the Seminary. When an alumnus dies, newspaper obitu-
ary notices, funeral or memorial sermons — and information in any
shape — will be gratefully received. Let these be sent, as soon as pos-
sible after the death of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1911-1912
Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, '77, President and Secretary.
Rev. J. G. F. McClure, D.D., LL.D., '73, Vice-President.
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr„ D.D., '80, Treasurer.
Rev. John T. Kerr, '82 ) Additional Members
Rev. Matthew J. Hyndman, '92 v of the
Rev. Benj. F. Paist, Jr., '02 ) Executive Committee.
66
191 1 ] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 67
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 9, 191 1.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall at
1 p. m., with the President, the Rev. Prof. Charles R. Erdman,
'91, in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev. David
Tully, '50. At the close of the dinner the Association was
called to order for a brief business session.
The report of the Executive Committee was read by the
Rev. Charles Herr, D.D., '81, and is as follows:
The Executive Committee would recommend the follow-
ing officers of the Association for the ensuing year :
President and Secretary — The Rev. Joseph H. Dulles,
of the class of 'jj.
Vice-President— The Rev. J. G. K. McClure, D.D.,
LL.D., of the class of '73.
Treasurer — The Rev. Professor W. Brenton Greene, Jr.,
D.D., of the class of '80.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — The
Rev. John T. Kerr, of the class of '82, the Rev. Matthew J.
Hyndman, of the class of '92, and the Rev. Benjamin F.
Paist, Jr., of the class of 1902.
68 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. t 10 ^*
The Committee would further recommend that the Necro-
logical Report be printed and distributed as usual.
The report was accepted and its recommendations adopted.
The report of the Treasurer was presented by him, and
accepted without reference to a committee of audit.
The Treasurer's report is as follows:
William Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Associa-
tion of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dr.
1911 Balance May 10, 1910 (see last Report) $7.21
Interest @ 5% 36
$7-57
Cr.
191 1 May 5, One gavel $3.75
Balance May 9, 191 1 3.82
$7-57
William Brenton Greene, Jr.,
Treasurer.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced by
the President. President Patton, representing the Faculty;
the Rev. Dr. John Wherry, representing the class of '61 ; the
Rev. Dr. Archibald McCullagh, representing the class of '71 ;
the Rev. Dr. Thomas V. Moore, representing the class of '81 ;
the Rev. President Louis E. Holden, D.D., LL.D., represent-
ing the class of '91, and the Rev. President Silas Evans, rep-
resenting the class of 1901. At the conclusion of the speeches
one verse of "Blest be the Tie that Binds" was sung, the bene-
diction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. S. D. Boggs, of
Louisville, Ky., and the Association adjourned.
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Secretary.
191 1 ] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 69
ABSTRACT OF THE
Necrological Report
FOR 1911
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1911, contains notices of
four Trustees of the Seminary : J. H. Wikoff , M.D., the President of the
Board, the Rev. Dr. David Magie, the Rev. Dr. Matthew Newkirk, both
of the class of '61 of the Seminary, and the Hon. John H. Converse,
LL.D., and of forty-six other former students of the Seminary. Six of
these should have been included in earlier reports, but the fact of their
death did not reach the secretary in time. The total number reported
is fifty.
Of the forty-eight former students, the oldest, the Rev. John O.
Proctor, '42, had reached the age of ninety-one years, ten months, and
fifteen days. Another had passed his ninety-first year. Seven others
had passed their eightieth year, twelve their seventieth and twelve their
sixtieth. The youngest died at the age of twenty-six years, eight
months, and fifteen days. The average age of the forty-eight was
sixty-six years, five months, and seven days. The average age at
which they made a public confession of their faith was sixteen years
and seven months.
70 NECR0L0GICAL REPORT.
The Report contains the following names
TRUSTEES
James Holmes Wikoff, M.D., President,
John Hem an Converse, LL.D.,
David Magie, D.D., '61,
Matthew Newkirk, D.D., '61,
[1911
DIED
June 8, 1910.
May 3, 1910.
Oct. 3, 1910
Dec. 24, 1910.
ALUMNI
CLASS
1842. James Thomas Lapslev, D.D.,
John Officer Proctor,
1850. Faunt Le Roy Senour,
1851. Horatio Watson Shaw,
1852. Hervey Logan Vannuys, D.D.,
1853. Isaac Amada Cornelison, D.D.,
Edgar Woods, Ph.D.,
1856. Amzi Lewis Armstrong,
1858. George Nixon,
1859. Benjamin Smith Everitt, D.D.,
Henry Graham Finney,
Horace Leonard Singleton, D.D.,
i860. John Chester, D.D.,
1861. David Rankin Love,
David Magie, D.D.,
Matthew Newkirk, D.D.,
1862. Sanford Hoadley Cobb,
Sylvanus Nye Hutchison,
1863. Joseph Dana Bartley,
1864. John [Simeon] McCoy,
John Orr.
1867. John Sparhawk Jones, D.D.,
1868. James Alexander McGowan,
Henry Mitchell Whitney,
George Augustus Yeomans,
1870. William Henry Logan,
1871. Charles Henry Burr,
Donald McGregor,
1872. Arthur Frederick Carr, D.D.,
April 25, 1 910.
Sept. 14, 1910.
April 23, 1910.
May 14, 1910.
Feb. 16, 191 1.
March 16, 191 1.
April 19, 1910.
Nov. 23, 1910.
Sept. 28, 1910.
June 29,, 1910.
May 27, 1910.
July 13, 1910.
Oct. 4, 1910.
Dec. 30, 1 910.
Oct. 3, 1910.
Dec. 24, 1910.
April 27, 1910.
April 14, 1910.
Oct. 3, 1910.
Dec. 3, 1910.
March 29, 1910.
Aug. 20, 1 9 10.
Feb. 3, 191 1.
March 26, 191 1.
Jan. 16, 191 1.
Aug. 26, 1910.
Nov. 28, 1 910.
May 11, 1910.
Feb. 15, 1910-
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NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
71
1875. Robert William McAfee,
1876. John Herron,
1877. Malcolm Crooks Cameron,
Joseph Wittenberger,
1879. Charles Eugene Cunningham, D.D.,
1881. Charles Willis Alexander, M.D.,
Peter Swan, D.D.,
1882. Hugh Hughes,
1883. Henry Miller,
1884. Robert Patterson Boyd,
John James Henning,
1885. Edward Snyder,
1889. Francis Edgar Smith,
1893. Neptune Blood William Galwey,
Wilber La Fayette Hays,
1898. David Ernest Morell,
1909. Royal Jesse Sm alley,
James Clark Taylor,
1911. Lynden Columb Lorain D'Zilva,
March 23,
, 1909.
Dec.
1,
1910.
June,
17,
1909.
Oct,
14,
191 0.
April
18,
1910.
July
7,
1910.
March 31,
1909.
Nov.
6,
1908.
Feb.
6,
1911.
July
27,
1910.
June
10,
1910.
Jan.
23,
1911.
Feb.
20,
1911.
May
26,
1910.
Feb.
19,
1911.
Jan.
10,
1910.
April
21,
1 910.
June
2,
1910.
April
24,
1910.
72 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. fl9H
TRUSTEES
President JAMES HOLMES WIKOFF, M.D.,
Son of Garret R. and Alice (Wikoff) Wikoff, was born Mar.
1 6, 1832, near Long Branch, N. J. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hightstown,
N. J., at the age of twenty-five. He graduated from Prince-
ton University in 185 1, and then studied medicine in the Uni-
versity of the City of New York from which he received the
degree of M.D. in 1854. He practiced medicine at first in
Hightstown, N. J., and came to Princeton about the year 1859
where he pursued the practice of his profession until his
death, which occurred June 8, 1910, in Atlantic City, in the
79th year of his age. Dr. Wikoff was a trustee of Princeton
Seminary from 1893 until his death. He was Vice-President
of the Board from 1889 until 1909, when he was elected
president upon the death of the Hon. Elmer Ewing Green.
He was a trustee of the First Church of Princeton from 1863
until his death, and president of this Board from 1887 until
his death. He was an incorporator and director of the Prince-
ton Water Company, and its president for ten years. He was
also a director of the Princeton Bank, and of the Princeton
Savings Bank. For many years he was chairman of the
Board of Health of Princeton. His most efficient service to
the Seminary was rendered as chairman of the Committee on
Real Estate of its Board of Trustees.
His wife, who was Mary Stoddard Cruser, died Jan. 6,
1884. One daughter survives him.
JOHN HEMAN CONVERSE, LL.D.,
Son of The Rev. John Kendrick and Sarah (Allen) Con-
191 1 ] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 73
verse, was born Dec. 2, 1840, in Burlington, Vt. He was
prepared for college in the schools of Burlington, Vt., and
graduated from the University of Vermont in 1861. He was
engaged in business all his life. When a boy of fifteen he
learned telegraphy, and made it a source of income. After
his graduation he engaged in journalism in Burlington, from
1861 to 1864. He then entered the service of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad at Chicago, from 1864 to 1866,
and the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona, Pa.,
from 1866 to 1870. In the latter year he was employed in
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, and three
years later was admitted to the firm. He was president of
this firm at the time of his death. He died May 3, 1910, in
Rosemont, Pa., of valvular disease of the heart, in the 70th
year of his age. He was buried in the West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Philadelphia. He received the honorary degree of
LL.D. from the University of Vermont in 1897. Dr. Con-
verse was a member of many business and charitable organi-
zations. He was a trustee of Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, from 1896 until his death. He was also a trustee of the
Presbyterian Hospital of Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, of the University of Vermont and of
the Presbytery of Philadelphia. He was President of the
Board of Trustees of the General Assembly, and was a trus-
tee of Calvary Church, Philadelphia, and of the church at
Bryn Mawr, Pa. Of this latter church he was also an elder.
He was President of the Fairmont Park Art Association and
of the National Relief Commission during the war with Spain.
He was Chairman of the General Assemblies, Evangelical
Committee, of the World Evangelical Committee, and of the
Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia. He was vice-moderator of the General Assembly
in 1900. He was a member of the Presbyterian Board of Pub-
lication and Sabbath School Work, of the American Sunday
School Union, of the New England Society of Philadelphia,
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of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution,
of the Presbyterian Historical Society, and of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Philadelphia. He was also a member
of the Board of Directors of the City Trusts of Philadelphia,
and of the Board of Public Education of the same city. He
was a Director of the Real Estate Trust Company of Phila-
delphia, of the Philadelphia National Bank, of the Philadel-
phia Trust Company, of the Philadelphia Savings Fund, and
of the Franklin National Bank. He belonged to other or-
ganizations, religious and political. He was the chief sup-
porter of the summer tent work in Philadelphia.
He was married July 9, 1873, in New York City, to Eliza-
beth Perkins Thompson, who died Jan. 19, 1906. One son
and two daughters, together with an adopted daughter, sur-
vive him.
DAVID MAGIE, D.D.,
Son of Rev. Dr. David and Ann Frances (Wilson) Magie, was
born May 23, 1837, in Elizabeth, N. J. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Elizabeth, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Elizabeth, under the Rev. Dr. David H.
Pier son, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1856.
He then taught in a private family for one year. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in 1857, he remained there four
years, devoting two years to the first year course because of
the time required by his duties as secretary for President Mac-
lean, 1857-58. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Passaic,
April 18, i860, and ordained by the Presbytery of Newark
(N. S.), Aug. 14, i860, being at the same time installed
pastor of the First Church at Mendham, N. J., from which
he was released Dec. 11, 1865. He was pastor of the First
Church at Penn Yan, N. Y., from Jan. 30, 1866 to Jan. 30,
1872; of the First Church at Paterson, N. J., from April 17,
1872 to June 15, 1886, and of the Church of the Redeemer,
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Paterson, N. J., from Dec. 2, 1886 to May 1, 1907. At this
time he was made pastor emeritus, and moved his residence
to New York City where he died, Oct. 3, 1910, of intestinal
carcinoma, in the 74th year of his age. He was buried in the
Evergreen Cemetery of Elizabeth, N. J. He received the
honorary degree of D.D., from Hamilton College in 1870. He
was a trustee of Princeton Seminary, from 1889 until his
death, and was President of the Board of Church Erection
from 1895 until his death, having been a member of this
Board since 1875. He published "The Life of Garret Augus-
tus Hobart", vice-president of the United States, in 1910, be-
side several sermons.
He was married Sept. 27, i860, in Belleville, N. J., to
Eliza Ralston Brandt, who died March 28, 1908. Two sons
survive him.
MATTHEW NEWKIRE, D.D.,
Son of Matthew and Margaret (Heberton) Newkirk, was
born Sept. 23, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Central Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia, at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Philadelphia, under the Rev. Lyman Cole-
man, D.D., and he graduated from Princeton University in
1858. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Phila-
delphia Central, Jan. 7, 1861, and ordained by the Presbytery
of New Castle, April 24, 1862. He served the Central Church
of Downington, Pa., as stated supply from September 1861
until installed its pastor, April 24, 1862, and was released
from this charge Dec. 8, 1868. He was pastor of the North
Tenth Street Church, Philadelphia, from Jan. 17, 1869 to
May 5, 1873, and pastor of the Bethlehem Church, Philadel-
phia, from June 1873 to December 1883. At this time ill
health caused him to interrupt his ministerial labors, and he
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was engaged in foreign travel during the next three years.
He was again pastor of the Bethlehem Church, Philadelphia,
from Sept. 12, 1886, to Nov. 4, 1895. From 1896 to 1902 he
resided in Philadelphia, engaging in evengelistic work as oc-
casion offered. He was stated supply of the South Broad
Street Church, Philadelphia, from 1903 to 1905, and associate
pastor of the West Hope Church, Philadelphia, from 1906
until his death, which occurred Dec. 24, 1910, in Philadelphia,
of cerebral paralysis, in the 73rd year of his age. He was
buried in the Central Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
He received the honorary degree of D.D., from Lafayette
College in 1881. Dr. Newkirk was a trustee of Princeton
Seminary, from 1871 until his death. He was, for a number
of years, a member of the Library Committee of the Board
of Trustees. He was a member of the Board of Publication
and Sabbath School Work, and was, for sixteen years, a mem-
ber of the Board of Education. He published: "A Memoir
of Matthew Newkirk", 1869, "A Memorial of Rev. Melanc-
thon W. Jacobus", 1876, and a "Historical sketch of the Rev.
Henry Steele Clarke".
He was married June 7, 1865, in Allegheny City, Pa., to
Eliza Hayes Jacobus, who, with four daughters, survives him.
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ALUMNI
JAMES THOMAS LAPSLEY, D.D.
Son of James Finley and Charlotte (Cleland) Lapsley, was
born Jan. 18, 1819, in Mercer County, Ky. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian Church of New
Providence, Ky., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Grammar School of Mercer Coun-
ty, Ky., and in the preparatory department of Centre College,
Ky., and he graduated from Centre College in 1839. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
remained two years. During the second year of his course
he attended the lectures of both the middle and the senior
classes. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Transylvania,
Oct. 9, 1 84 1, and ordained an evangelist by the same Pres-
bytery, May 6, 1842. During the year between his licensure
and ordination, he engaged in missionary work at Glasgow,
Columbia, Edmonton and Manfordsville, Ky. He was stated
supply at the church of Perryville, Ky., 1842-43; of the
churches at Greensburg and Bethel, Ky., 1844-46; engaged in
missionary work in the Presbytery of Transylvania, from 1846
to 1847. He was pastor of the church at Perryville, Ky., 1848-
49, and engaged in missionary work for the Presbytery of
Louisville during the year following. He was pastor at Flem-
ingsburg, Ky., 1850-54; stated supply at Elizaville, Ky.,
1850-56; stated supply at Knob Noster and Warrensburg, Mo.,
1856-57; stated supply at Pleasant Hill, Mo., 1857-60; stated
supply at New Providence, Ky., 1860-64; synodical missionary
for the Synod of Kentucky, 1864-69; stated supply at Pleasant
Hill, Mo., 1870-72; pastor at Lebanon, Ky., 1872-80. At this
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time his health forbade his continuing in the active work of the
ministry. He resided as an evangelist in Danville, Ky., from
1881 until his death, which occurred April 25, 1910, at Dan-
ville, of old age, in his 92nd year. He was buried in Belleview
Cemetery, Danville, Ky. He received the honorary degree
of D.D., from Highland University in 1873. Dr. Lapsley
taught for six months in the Female School of Perryville,
Ky., from 1846 to 1847. He was moderator of the Synod of
Kentucky in 1866, was a director of the Danville Theological
Seminary for thirty-five years, and was nine times a com-
missioner to the General Assembly. He was an active member
of the Executive Committee of Home Missions of the Synod
of Kentucky from the time of its organization. He declined
a number of calls to churches as well as a call to the presi-
dency of Austin College, Tex., and a call to the presidency
of a college in Oregon.
He was married three times: (1) Apr. 19, 1842, in Boyle,
County, Ky., to Frances Letitia Ewing, who died July 23,
1843; (2) Oct. 2, 1845, m Greensburg, Wy., to Elizabeth Lewis
Brummel, who died Dec. 7, 1890; (3) Dec. 24, 1891, in Greens-
burg, Ky., to Sarah Letitia Webster, who survives him.
JOHN OFFICER PROCTOR,
Son of John and Mary (Officer) Proctor, was born Oct. 30,
1818, in Carlisle, Pa. He made a public confession of his faith
in the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, at the age of
twelve. His preparatory studies were pursued in the prepara-
tory department of Dickinson College, from which institution
he graduated in 1839. He entered the Seminary at Princeton
the same year, remaining only one year. After this he studied
for a time, privately, under the Rev. Alexander T. McGill,
D.D. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, Apr. 13,
1843, an d ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, May
29, 1844. From May 1843 t0 January 1853, he supplied the
churches at Williamsport and Hancock, Md. He was pastor
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of the churches at Gerrardstown and Tuscarora, Va., from
January 1853 to May 1861, and of the churches at Dillsburg
and Petersburg, Pa., from April 1862 to April 1865. He was
stated supply of the church at Buck Creek, O., from May
1865 to May 1866, and pastor of the churches at Lexington
and Belleville, O., from May 1866 to May 1873. After this
he supplied the churches at Belleville and Utica, O., from May
1873 t0 May 1875, and the church at Piketon, O., from April
1876 to April 1877. His last charge was as stated supply of the
churches at Chippewa and Holmesville, O., from 1878 to 1879.
He resided at Wooster, O., from 1877 until his death, which
occurred Sept. 14, 1910, in Mansfield, O., of old age, in his
92nd year. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Wooster, O.
He was married March 13, 1851, near Mercersburg, Pa.,
to Elizabeth Mary Reynolds, who died Feb. 10, 1904. Three
sons and one daughter survive him.
TAUNT LE ROY SENOUR,
Son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Fuelle) Senour, was born Nov.
5, 1824, in Madison, Ind. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Hanover, Ind., at the age
of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the pre-
paratory department of Hanover College, from which insti-
tution he graduated in 1847. He then took two years of his
theological course in the New Albany Theological Seminary,
entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1849, an d remaining
there about six months. He spent a third year of theological
study in the Cincinnati Theological Seminary, from 1850 to
1851. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Albany,
May 31, 1849, an d ordained by the Presbytery of Muhlen-
burgh, Oct. 16, 1851. He was pastor of the church at Paducah,
Ky., from November 185 1 to May 1855, an d °f the Fourth
Church of Louisville, Ky., from November 1855 to November
1 861. During a part of this pastorate he taught in the Louis-
ville Female Seminary, 1858-59. He was pastor of the First
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Church of Rockford, 111., from October 1862 to April 1866,
and then principal of the Collegiate Institute of Centreville,
Ind., and at the same time stated supply of the church there,
from 1866 to 1868. He was pastor of the Second Church of
Newport, Ky., from September 1870 to November 1874, and
pastor of the Seventh Church, Pittsburg, Pa., from Jan. 12,
1875, to Oct. 21, 1876, and then of the Central Church, Pitts-
burg, Pa., from Dec. 17, 1876, to June 11, 1878. His last pas-
toral charge was that of the church at New Alexandria, Pa.,
from Feb. 13, 1879, to April 21, 1896. After this he took up
his residence in Titusville, Pa., where he died April 23, 1910,
of the infirmities of old age in connection with an affection of
the heart, in his 86th year. He was buried in the Woodlawn
Cemetery, Titusville, Pa. He was a commissioner to the Gen-
eral Assembly at Philadelphia in 1853; at Nashville, Tenn.,
1855; at Pittsburg, Pa., 1865; at Baltimore, Md., 1873; and at
Buffalo, N. Y., 1 881. His publications were numerous, and
he was a frequent contributor to the religious press. For sev-
eral months he carried on a debate in the secular papers with
an Arminian on Calvinism. He also published "The Christian
Soldier", 1864; "Morgan and his Captors", 1864; "Sherman
and his Campaigns", 1866; and a "Handbook of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Rockford, 111."
He was married May 9, 1850, in Hanover, Ind., to Mary
Elizabeth Scovel, who, with one son and three daughters,
survives him.
HORATIO WATSON SHAW,
Son of Brackley and Lydia (Pool) Shaw, was born June 3,
1822, in Plainfield, Mass. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Clayton, Mich., at the
age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in Ad-
rian, Mich., under George Brewster, and the Rev. Mr. Tom-
linson, and he graduated from the University of Michigan in
1848. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
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same year, he continued his studies there for two years. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 24,
1850, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, May
8, 1850, having devoted himself to the cause of foreign mis-
sions. On August 8 of the same year, he sailed for India.
From May 1, 1851, to Nov. 1, 1855, he was principal of the
Missionary College at Allahabad. Returning to this country
soon after this, he became principal of a school in Logansport,
Ind., 1858-62. During the following year he was a chaplain
in the United States Army. From July 1863 to April 1868,
he supplied the churches of Dover and Clayton, Mich., and the
Congregational church of White Cloud, Kan., from October
1868 to June 1872. After this he was stated supply of the
following churches : Sabetha, Kan., from October 1872 to
October 1879; Binghamton, N. Y., 1879-82; Green, N. Y.,
1882-85; Whitney Point, N. Y., 1886-89; Worcester, N. Y.,
1891-98. At this time he was honorably retired from the active
duties of the ministry, and continued his residence in Worcester
until his death there, May 14, 1910, of the grippe, within less
than a month of the completion of his 88th year. He was
buried at Worcester, N. Y.
He was twice married: (1) July 3, 1850, in Astoria, L. I.,
N. Y., to Mrs. Harriet Romeyn (Darling) Owen, who died
Nov. 24, 1873; (2) March 18, 1875, in Binghamton, N. Y., to
Mrs. Eunice Sisson (Slosson) Van Name, who died June 10,
1900. One son and three daughters by his first wife, and one
daughter by his second, survive him.
HERVEY LOGAN VANNUYS, D.D.,
Son of Tunis and Kate (Demaree) Vannuys, was born Nov.
3, 1829, in Shelby County, Ky. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Franklin, Ind., at
the age of eleven. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Franklin, under the Rev. David Longfort, D.D., and he grad-
uated from Hanover College, Ind., in 1848. Entering the Sem-
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inary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he remained
there two years. Interrupting his theological studies at this
point he spent a year in reading and travel, re-entering the
Seminary in 1851. Completing his course he graduated in 1852.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Indianapolis, June 11,
1851, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lake, June 16, 1853.
He organized the church at Goshen, Ind., and was its pastor
from June 16, 1853, until June 1, 1903, a period of fifty years,
when he became pastor emeritus. He continued his residence
in Goshen until his death, which occurred Feb. 16, 191 1, in
Goshen, of a complication of diseases attending old age, in his
82nd year. He was buried at Goshen, Ind. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Wabash College in 1881. Dr.
Vannuys was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Lake, from
1859 to 1870, and of the Synod of Indiana North, from 1870
to 1887.
He was twice married: (1) June 28, 1868, in Lima, Ind.,
to Rebecca Hume Williams, who died April 16, 1869; (2) Jan.
22, 1873, in Scranton, Pa., to Lillie Loring, who died March
4, 1903.
ISAAC AMADA CORNELISON, D.D.,
Son of James and Margaret (Ryan) Cornelison, was born
Mar. 7, 1829, in Danville, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Mahoning Presbyterian Church, of Dan-
ville, Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Academy at Danville, under E. W. Conkling,
W. S. Parsons, and the Rev. E. D. Yeomans, D.D., and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1850. During the
summer of this year he taught in a private school at Sing Sing,
N. Y. In the fall of the same year he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1853. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Northumberland, June 20, 1853. After this
he supplied the church at Warrior Run, Pa., for one year. He
was ordained by the Presbytery of Peoria (Old School), Sept.
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19, 1855, and at that same time an installed pastor of the
church at Crow Meadow, 111. He was released from this
charge Sept. 21, 1858. During this pastorate he also served
the churches at Low Point and Metamora, 111., and was in-
stalled their pastor the day after his release from the church
at Crow Meadow. He was released from these two charges,
April 22, 1867. He supplied the church at Washington, 111.,
from 1867 to 1871, and served the Logan Square Church of
Philadelphia, Pa., as pastor elect, from January 1872 to Febru-
ary 1873. His last charge was that of the church at Wash-
ington, 111., of which he was pastor from May 16, 1873, un til
his death, which occurred March 16, 191 1, in Peoria, 111., of
cerebral hemorrhage, nine days after the completion of his
82nd year. He was buried at Washington, 111. He received
the honorary degree of D.D. from Knox College, 111., in 1898.
Dr. Cornelison was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Peoria
for thirty years. Among his publications were : "Jennie Mc-
Clintock, a memoir", 1865 ; a "History of the Presbytery of
Peoria", 1888, besides several pamphlets and orations.
He was married Oct. 16, 1855, in Northumberland, to Agnes
Forsyth, who died Aug. n, 1907. Two sons and one daughter
survive him.
ELGAH WOODS, Ph. D.,
Son of Thomas and Mary (Bryson) Woods, was born Dec.
12, 1827, in Wheeling, W. Va. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church connected with Marion
College, Mo., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Marion College and elsewhere, and he gradu-
ated from Washington College, Pa., in 1843. After his gradu-
ation he studied at the New York University and read law
with Judge James Paull, of Wheeling, W. Va., and was ad-
mitted to the practice of law in 1848. Having decided to enter
the ministry, he came to the Seminary at Princeton in 1850,
remaining during a part of the session, 1850-51, and the whole
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of the following year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Washington, June 16, 1852, and ordained by the same Pres-
bytery, Oct. 5, 1853. He was pastor of the church at Wheel-
ing, W. Va., from Nov. 6, 1853, to June 9, 1857; of the First
Church of Columbus, O., from June 30, 1857, to Feb. 17, 1862,
and of the church at Charlottesville, Va., from Sept. 1, 1866,
to April 28, 1877. The failure of his health prevented his
assuming the work of a pastor. In 1877 he founded the Pan-
tops Academy near Charlottesville, Va., of which he was prin-
cipal until 1884. During the years 1877 to 1886 he supplied
at various times the South Plains, Bethel, Mount Harmony
and Slate Ridge churches in Viriginia, and his residence was
in Charlottesville, Va., from 1877 until his death, which oc-
curred there April 19, 1910, of old age, in his 83rd year. He
was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery of Charlottesville, Va.
He received the degree of Ph.D. from Washington and Jef-
ferson College in 1885. Dr. Woods was stated clerk of the
Presbytery of West Hanover, from 1872 to 1880. He pub-
lished a volume of sermons to children, under the title "Golden
Apples", in 1874; also a history of Albermarle County, Va.,
in 1901, beside writing largely for the church papers.
He was married Sept. 7, 1853, in Martinsburg, Va., to Maria
Cooper Baker, who died Feb. 10, 1908. Four sons and one
daughter survive him.
AMZI LEWIS ARMSTRONG,
Son of Francis and Huldah (Poppino) Armstrong, was born
Aug. 27, 1827, in Newark Valley, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Owego,
N. Y., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Owego Academy, under William Smyth, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1852. He then spent
a year as tutor in a private family at Harper's Ferry, Va.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1853, he took the full
three years' course and graduated in 1856. After his gradu-
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ation he remained for a part of a fourth year of study. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 22,
1856, and ordained by the same Presbytery May 20, 1857, he
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Dutch
Neck, N. J. This was his only charge, from which he was
released, Jan. 20, 1900. After a service of forty-three years
he was made pastor emeritus, and continued his residence in
Dutch Neck until his death. Both he and his wife were killed
by an assassin, Nov. 23, 1910, in their home at Dutch Neck.
He was in his 84th year at the time of his death. He was
buried at Cranbury, N. J. Mr. Armstrong was stated clerk
of the Presbytery of New Brunswick from 1870 until the
summer of 1910, when he was made stated clerk emeritus.
In 1856 he was, for a short time, tutor of mathematics in the
College of New Jersey, he also served as private secretary
to President Maclean from August 1854 to July 1857.
He was twice married: (1) May 10, 1871, in New York
City, to Mrs. Catherine N. (Pegg) Hoover, who died Sept.
16, 1886; (2) Jan. 23, 1900, in Dutch Neck, N. J., to Annie
Rue, who was killed at the same time that he was.
GEORGE NIXON,
Son of John Macaulay and Elizabeth Ogden (Haines) Nixon,
was born Nov. 7, 1834, in New York City. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Brick Presbyterian Church,
New York City, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Grammar School No. 14, New York
City, and in the private school of Daniel P. Bacon, and he
graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1854.
After his graduation he worked as a civil engineer in the
Camden and Amboy Railroad for one year, and during this
time he was tutor in the Metropolitan Academy and Gym-
nasium in New York City. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1855, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1858. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
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York, April 7, 1858, and ordained by the Second Presbytery
of New York, Nov. 10, 1858, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at West Farms, N. Y., from which he
was released June 15, 1875. His only other charge was that
of the church at Tremont, N. Y., from July 8, 1875 to May
10, 1908, the unusually long period of nearly thirty-three
years. At this time he was made pastor emeritus, and there-
after resided first in New York City and then in Yonkers,
N. Y., where he died Sept. 28, 1910, of angina pectoris, in the
76th year of his age. He was buried in the Greenwood Ceme-
tery, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Nixon was moderator of the Sec-
ond Presbytery of New York in 1863 J °f tne Presbytery of
West Chester in 1873, and of the Presbytery of New York,
1905 to 1906.
He was married Oct. 9, 1867, in Kingston, Can., to Mary
Isabella Deacon, who, with one son and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
BENJAMIN SMITH EVERITT, D.D.,
Son of Nicholas Smith and Priscilla (Carpenter) Everitt, was
born Oct. 10, 1832, in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Jamaica, at the age of fourteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Union Hall Academy of Jamaica,
under Henry Onderdonk, principal, and he graduated from
Princeton University in 1856. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1859. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Nassau, Oct. 6, 1858, and ordained by the
Presbytery of West Jersey, June 22, 1859, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Blackwoodtown, N. J.,
from which he was released May 12, 1864. He was pastor
of the church at Stroudsburg, Pa., from Nov. 9, 1864, to
Jan. 20, 1869; pastor elect of the church at Montclair, N. J.,
from Jan. 5 to Sept. 5, 1869; pastor of the church at James-
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burg, N. J., from Jan. 4, 1870, to April 14, 1897. He served
the church at New Gretna, N. J., as pastor elect, from Jan.
27, 1889, to April 1, 1902. At this time a serious affection of
the throat compelled him to give up regular preaching. He
resided in Jamesburg, N. J. until his death, which occurred
June 29, 1910, in Jamesburg, of cancer of the throat, in the
78th year of his age. He was buried in Jamesburg. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of D.D., from Richmond College,
O. in 1891. Dr. Everitt served as a Bible colporteur on Long
Island during a part of the summer of 1857, and engaged in
mission work among the colored people of Jamaica, L. I.,
during the same summer. He was cashier of the First
National Bank of Jamesburg for some time after he became
unable to preach. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Monmouth from 1888 until his death and permanent clerk of
the Synod of New Jersey, from 1888 to 1904. He was modera-
tor of the Synod of New Jersey in 1896, and was president of
the New Jersey State Temperance Alliance. He published a
"History of Jamesburg, N. J."
He was married three times: (1) June 2, 1859, in Ja-
maica, Long Island, N. Y., to Mary Ann Rider, who died Jan.
14, 1863; (2) June 9, 1864, in Blackwood, N. J., to Helen
Carolyn Bateman, who died June 5, 1897; (3) Nov. 8, 1899,
in Jamesburg, N. J., to Carolyn Mount, who, with two sons,
the Rev. F. B. Everitt, of the class of '90, and the Rev. B.
H. Everitt, of the class of '97, survives him.
HENRY GRAHAM FINNEY,
Son of Robert and Eleanor (Graham) Finney, was born Sept.
10, 1830, near Milton, Pa. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Reformed Presbyterian church of Milton, at
the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the McEwensville Academy, Pa., under the Rev. S. S.
Sheddan, and in the Milton Academy, Pa., under the Rev.
J. P. Hudson and Joseph Rhodes, and he graduated from
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New York University in 1855. He attended the Reformed
Presbyterian Seminary in Philadelphia during two terms of
four months each in 1855 to 1857. During the vacations of
this time, he taught in Philadelphia in the Classical Institute
of Dr. John Fares. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of 1857 as a middler, he graduated 1859. He was
licensed by the Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of Phila-
delphia in June 1858, and was ordained by the Presbytery of
Carlisle, June 27, 1861, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church at Gettysburg, Pa., from which he was released
June 2, 1864. He served the churches at Lycoming and Linden,
Pa., as pastor elect, from December 1864 until installed their
pastor in June 1865. He was released from this double
charge April 16, 1867. He was pastor of the Lycoming Cen-
tre Church, Pa., from June 1865 to May 1875 ; of the churches
of Chillisquaque and Mooresburg, from June II, 1875 to
Oct. 2, 1888; of the Rocky Spring and St. Thomas churches,
Pa., from Nov. 15, 1888 to Sept. 25, 1895; of the Shaver's
Creek Church, Pa., from Nov. 5, 1895, to June 6, 1899, and
of the church of Petersburg, Pa., from Oct. 29, 1895, to Oct.
2, 1900. He supplied the church at Bethel, Pa., from 1899
to 1900, and the Congregational church of Williamsport, Pa.,
from 1900 to 1904. He resided at Williamsport after this
until his death, which occurred May 27, 1910, at Williamsport,
of heart failure, in the 80th year of his age. He was buried
at Williamsport.
He was married June 9, 1863, in York Sulphur Springs,
Pa., to Sarah J. Gardner, who, with one son and three daugh-
ters, survives him.
HORACE LEONARD SINGLETON,
Son of Henry and Mary Ann (Reynolds) Singleton, was born
Sept. 2y, 1833, in Portsmouth, Va. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of St.
Louis, Mo., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
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were pursued in St. Louis, in Edward Wyman's English and
Classical High School, and he graduated from Amherst Col-
lege in 1855. He then spent a year in St. Louis in general
study. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1856, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1859. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of St. Louis in the spring of
i860, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Upper
Missouri, Sept. 15, i860. He was stated supply of the
church at Chillicothe, Mo., from March i860 to July 1861 ;
pastor elect of the Broadway Church, Baltimore Md., from
December 1862 to October 1863, and pastor elect of the
church at Bel Air, Md., from October 1863 to September
1864. For a year longer he resided in Baltimore. Nov. 21,
1865, he began serving the First Church of Wilmington, N.
C, as pastor elect, and was installed its pastor, May 6, 1866,
this relation being dissolved Oct. 1, 1871. From 1872 to 1874
he was editor of Good News and Alliance, Baltimore, Md.
For a time, in 1885, he supplied the church at St. Charles,
Mo. After this he was obliged to give up active work on ac-
count of ill health. He resided in New York City, from 1886
until his death, which occurred there July 13, 1910, of heart
failure, in the 77th year of his age. He was buried in the
Woodlawn Cemetery of New York City. He wrote a series
of articles on Presbyterianism in the United States, which
were published in the New York Observer, from 1887 to 1888.
He was married Oct. 20, 1863, in Baltimore, Md., to Martha
Colgate Morling, who, with two daughters, survives him.
JOHN CHESTER, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. William and Frances Mary (White)
Chester, was born April 23, 1832, in Hudson, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Lambertville, N. J., at the age of thirteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in Mount Holly, N. J., under the
Rev. Samuel Miller, and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
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versity in 1851. He then entered upon the study of medicine
in the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received
the degree of M.D. in 1853. He practiced medicine in Colum-
bia, Pa., from 1854 to 1856, and in Abington, Pa., from 1856
to 1858. While at Abington he began the study of theology
with the Rev. Robert Steele, pastor of the church there. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1858 as a middler, re-
maining one year. He was licensed by the Second Presbytery
of Philadelphia in May 1859, and ordained by the Presbytery
of Burlington, Sept. 14, 1859, being at the same time installed
pastor of the First Church of Burlington, N. J. He was re-
leased from this charge Feb. 20, 1864. From April 11, 1864,
to Feb. 26, 1894, he was pastor of the Metropolitan Church
at Washington, D. C. At the time of his release from this
church he was honorably retired from the active work of the
ministry. During this pastorate he served as professor of
history in the New Windsor College, Md., from 1868 to 1880,
and was chaplain of the U. S. Hospital for the Insane in
Washington from 1868 until his death, which occurred Oct.
4, 1910, in Washington, of a heart affection, in the 79th year
of his age. He was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery near
Washington. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Wooster University in 1874. Dr. Chester was a delegate to the
Alliance of the Reformed Churches which met at London in
1888. He was moderator of the Synod of Baltimore in 1868,
and was a commissioner to the General Assembly of 1883.
He delivered a special course of lectures on prophecy in Woos-
ter University in 1878, and the same course in the Binghamton
Female College, N. Y., in the same year. He was provisional
chaplain at Fort Myer near Washington during the war with
Spain. Among his publications were: "Earthly watchers at
the heavenly gates" 1886; "Ruth the Christian Scientist" 1888,
besides several sermons and addresses.
He was twice married: (1) Oct. 2, 1855, in Columbia,
Pa., to Rachel Anna Alward; (2) Aug. 31, 1901, in Washing-
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ton, D. C, to Ella Muir Johnson, who, with two sons and one
daughter, survives him.
DAVID EANEIN LOVE,
Son of Alexander and Jean (Rankin) Love, was born May
15, 183 1, in Tollcross, near Glasgow, Scotland. He left Scot-
land with his parents in 1842, coming to Canada where he
lived for four years in Pictou, Nova Scotia. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Beaver Meadow, Pa., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Luzerne Presbyterial Institute,
Wyoming, Pa., under the Rev. Martin L. Hofford, the Rev.
Cornelius R. Lane, and the Rev. Paul Eugene Stevenson, and
he graduated from Princeton University in 1858. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1861.
During the last two years of his college life and the first of
his seminary life, he was assistant teacher in the Edgehill
Grammar School of Princeton. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Luzerne (now Lackawanna), April 19, i860, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Logansport, Oct. 3, 1861, being
at the same time installed pastor of the church at Rossville,
Ind., from which he was released June 19, 1864. He was
stated supply at the church at Danville, 111., from July 1864
to October 1865, and pastor elect of the church at Mackinaw,
111., from October 1865 until installed its pastor June 29, 1866.
He was released from this charge Oct. 1, 1868. He was
pastor elect of the church at Lexington, 111., from October
1865 until installed its pastor June 29, 1866, being released
from this charge Sept. 10, 1872. He at once began serv-
ing the churches at Tolono and Philo, 111., over which he
was installed May 4, 1873, an< ^ from which he was released
Nov. 16, 1875. He then served the church at Farmer
City, 111., as pastor elect from November 1875 to June 1877.
He began serving the churches at Fowler, Oxford and Ben-
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ton, Ind., July I, 1877, and was installed pastor of the Fowler
and Benton churches May 15, 1880, being released from these
two, April 9, 1884. At the time of his installation he gave up
the service of the Oxford church. He was pastor of the
church at Greenfield, Ind., from June 22, 1884, to April II,
1888. During part of the latter year he served the church
at Greenwood, Ind., as stated supply. He was pastor of the
churches at Newtown and Beulah, Ind., from Dec. 27 and
30, respectively, 1888, to Jan. 6, 1897. His last service was
as stated supply of the church at Frankfort, Ind., 1898-99.
In 1901 he was honorably retired from the active duties of
the ministry. He continued his residence in Frankfort until
his death, which occurred there Dec. 30, 1910, of paralysis, in
the 80th year of his age. He was buried at Frankfort. He
was a commissioner to the General Assembly in 1870, 1882
and 1892. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Indian-
apolis from 1885 to 1888, and of the Presbytery of Crawfords-
ville from 1890 to 1903.
He was twice married: (1) June 23, 1864, in Dayton,
Ind., to Lida Carnahan, who died March 24, 1874; (2) June
27, 1876, in Ora, 111., to Henrietta B. Landon, who, with four
daughters, survives him.
DAVID MAGIE, D.D-, (See page 74)
MATTHEW NEWKIRK, D.D., (See page 75)
SANFORD HOADLEY COBB,
Son of Sanford and Sophia Lewis (Nitchie) Cobb, was born
Feb. 4, 1838, in New York City. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Second Reformed Dutch church of Tarry-
town, N. Y., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Tarrytown under his brother, the Rev. Oliver
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E. Cobb, and he graduated from Yale University in 1858. He
then spent a year in teaching in New Milford, Conn., and
Brooklyn, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
December 1859, taking the full course there, and graduating in
1862. He was licensed by the Third Presbytery of New York,
April 10, 1862, and ordained by the Reformed Classis of Scho-
harie, March 8, 1864, being at the same time installed pastor of
the Reformed church of Schoharie. He was released from this
charge June 30, 1871. He was pastor of the Reformed church
at Saugerties, N. Y., from Sept. 20, 1871, to July 31, 1883,
and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Grand Rapids,
Mich, from Oct. 1, 1885, to May 31, 1894. He then served the
church at Greenwich, Conn., as stated supply from July 1900
to May 1901, the First Church of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., from
November 1903 to March 1904, and the Reformed church of
Catskill, N. Y., from November 1904 to September 1905. His
health did not permit him to engage in full ministerial work
after this time. He spent his winters in California, and was
on his way back to Cooperstown, N. Y., which he made his
residence after 1905, when he was taken suddenly ill at Kan-
sas City, Mo., and died there April 27, 1910, of heart failure,
in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried in the Sleepy Hol-
low Cemetery, Tarrytown, N. Y. Mr. Cobb made a tour of
the world, visiting the missionary fields during the year 1883 to
1884. Among his publications were: "Story of the Palatines",
1897, and "The Rise of Religious Liberty in America", 1902,
besides numerous reviews and sermons.
He was married Nov. 9, 1865, in Dorchester, Mass., to Mary
Elizabeth Capen, who, with two sons and three daughters,
survives him.
SYLVANUS NYE HUTCHISON,
Son of Adam and Susan Davis (Nye) Hutchison, was born
Dec. 29, 1825, in Sands Hills, near Augusta, Ga. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Davidson College Church,
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at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
at the Caldwell Presbyterial Institute of Greensboro, N. C,
under the Rev. Alexander Wilson, D.D., and others, and at
Charlotte, N. C, under Professor Robert G. Allison, and he
graduated, with first honors, from Davidson College, N. C, in
1845. After this he studied and practiced law in Charlotte,
N. C, until 1854, when, on account of ill health, he lived on a
farm at Amenia, N. Y., until 1859. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of this year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1862. He was licensed by the First
Presbytery of New York, April 16, 1862, and odrained by the
Presbytery of North River, Sept. 17, 1868. He served the
church at Salt Point, N. Y., as stated supply from 1867 to 1868,
and then as pastor elect until 1872. He was pastor of the
church at Pleasant Plains, N. Y., from May 8, 1872, to Dec.
19, 1883, and pastor of the First Church of Oxford, N. J.,
from Oct. 9, 1883, to April 30, 1900. At this time his health
necessitated his giving up the active work of the ministry, and
he resided in Belvidere, N. J., until his death, which occurred
April 14, 1910, in Belvidere, of general debility due to age, in
his 85th year. He was buried at Belvidere.
He was twice married: (1) June 4, 1862, in Amenia City,
N. Y., to Abby Page Reed, who died April 8, 1870; (2) Feb.
29, 1876, in Amenia City, N. Y., to Sarah Matilda Seeley, who,
with three sons and four daughters, survives him. One of his
sons is the Rev. Stewart N. Hutchinson, of the class of '03.
JOSEPH DANA BARTLEY,
Son of Rev. John McLinch and Susan (Dana) Bartley, was
born Sept. 17, 1838, in Hamstead, N. H. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Congregational church of Ham-
stead,- at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Atkinson Academy, N. H., under William C.
Todd, and he graduated from Williams College in 1859. He
then engaged in teaching in the High School at Hamstead, N.
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H., for one year. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
i860, remaining a little less than one year. He was never
licensed or ordained. After leaving Princeton he taught in
Blairstown, N. J., for a year. He was principal of the Sus-
quehanna Institute at Duncannon, Pa., from 1862 to 1864. He
spent the next two years at Skaneateles, N. Y. He was then
principal of the High School at Newburyport, Mass., from 1866
to 1868; principal of the school at Concord, N. H., from 1868
to 1875 ; principal of the school at Burlington, Vermont, from
1875 to 1881, and principal of the school at Bridgeport, Conn.,
from 1881 to 1891. After this he resided in Maiden, Mass.,
and later at Burlington, Vt., where he died Oct. 3, 1910, of
heart disease, in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried at
Chester, N. H. Mr. Bartley was a member of the New Hamp-
shire Historical Society, a trustee of the Concord New Hamp-
shire Public Library, and an examiner of Dartmouth College.
He invented and manufactured a book opener and a folding
book rest which proved useful. He published "The Teacher's
Improved Class Record", "Songs for the School", "Selections
from In Excelsis" and "The Frank R. Stockton Pass it on
Society."
He was married April 15, 1862, in Chester, N. H., to Mary
Atwood Tenney, who, with one son and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
JOHN [SIMEON] McCOY,
Son of James and Elizabeth (Morrison) McCoy, was born
Jan. 30, 1839, in New Castle, Del. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterrian church of White Clay
Creek, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Newark Academy, Del., and he graduated from
Jefferson College in 1861. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1864. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of New Castle, April 15, 1863, and ordained by the same
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Presbytery, Feb. 21, 1865, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Smyrna, Del., from which he was re-
leased April 13, 1869. From 1870 to 1874, he was pastor
of the Broadway Church, Baltimore, Md. ; from 1874 to 1882,
pastor of the church at Columbia, Pa. ; from 1882 to 1887, pas-
tor of the church at Franklin, Pa., and from May 5, 1887, to
June 10, 1908, pastor of the Bellevue Church, Gap, Pa. This
was his last charge. After this he resided in Lancaster, Pa.,
until his death, which occurred Dec. 3, 1910, in Lancaster, of
heart disease, in the 72nd year of his age. He was buried in
the Bellevue Church Cemetery, at Gap, Pa.
He was twice married : (1) May 30, 1865, in Smyrna, Del.,
to Anna M. Thompson, who died July 30, 1866; (2) May 23,
1872, in Baltimore, Md., to Alice Grove, who, with one son,
survives him.
JOHN ORE,
Son of Chambers and Hannah (Turney) Orr, was born April
25, 1835, in Kittanning, Pa. He made a public confession of
his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Canonsburg, Pa.,
at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Eldersridge Academy, Pa., under the Rev. Alexan-
der Donaldson, D.D., and he graduated from Jefferson College
in i860. He then spent a year at home for the recovery of his
health. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1861, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1864. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Saltsburgh, July 1, 1863, and or-
dained by the same Presbytery, Dec. 28, 1864, being at the same
time installed pastor of the churches of Pine Run and Apollo,
Pa. He was released from this double charge in 1872. An
affection of the eyes compelled him to give up the work of
the ministry for a time, and he entered into business, first in
Kilbourne City, Wis., 1872-82, and then in Pittsburg, Pa., 1882-
94. Resuming ministerial work he supplied churches for a time
in Pittsburg, and then was stated supply of the Pine Creek
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Church, Pa., from 1897 to 1899. He was pastor of the church
at Allison Park, Pa., from July 28, 1900, to Dec. 9, 1902.
After this he engaged in literary work with his residence at
Kittanning, Pa., where he died March 29, 1910, of pneumonia,
after a week's illness, in the 75th year of his age. He was
buried at Kittanning, Pa.
He was married three times: (1) Sept. 7, 1870, in Kil-
bourne City, Wis., to Charlotte Louisa Weber, who died Feb.
17, 1881 ; (2) July 30, 1898, in Allegheny City, Pa., to Sara
Robinson, who died March 4, 1899; (3) July 31, 1901, in Pitts-
burg, Pa., to Ida May Gracey, who died July 22, 1908.
JOHN SPARHAWK JONES, D.D.,
Son of Judge Joel and Eliza Perkins (Sparhawk) Jones, was
born June 5, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia, at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Presbyterian Institute, Philadel-
phia, under the Rev. Lyman Coleman, D.D., principal, and
he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1862.
After his graduation he spent two years in teaching. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1864 he took the full three
years' course, graduating in 1867. He was licensed by the
Central Presbytery, Philadelphia, April 2, 1866, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Baltimore, Jan. 10, 1871. He was as-
sistant to the pastor of the First Church of Baltimore, Md.,
from October 1867 to December 1870, and pastor of the
Brown Memorial Church of Baltimore, from 1871 to 1884.
At this time ill health compelled him to give up the active
work of the ministery for nearly ten years. In 1893 he be-
came stated supply of Calvary Church, Philadelphia, and was
installed its pastor Oct. 31, 1894. He continued in this charge
until his death, which occurred Aug. 20, 1910, at Breadloaf,
Vt., suddenly of heart failure, in the 70th year of his age. He
was buried at Glencoe, Md. He received the honorary de-
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gree of D.D., from Princeton University in 1880, and that of
S.T.D., from the University of Pennsylvania in 1901. Dr.
Jones published two volumes of sermons entitled, "Seeing
Darkly" and "The Invisible Things".
He was married Aug. 28, 1884, in Baltimore, Md., to Har-
riet Sterett Winchester, who, with two daughters, survives
him.
JAMESALEXANDER McGOWAN,
Son of James and Sarah (Steelman) McGowan, was born
Aug. 5, 1843, * n Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Central Presbyterian Church of Phila-
delphia, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Spring Garden Academy in Philadelphia,
under Professor F. D. Long, and he graduated from Lafay-
ette College in 1865. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Philadelphia Central, April 2, 1867, and ordained an even-
gelist by the Presbytery of St. Paul, Sept. 15, 1869. He was
stated supply of the churches at Taylor's Falls, Minn., and
St. Croix Falls, Wis., from August 1871 to August 1873;
pastor of the Second Church at Stillwater, Minn., from Oct.
1, 1873 to April 20, 1876; stated supply of the church at
Shakopee, Minn., 1876-81 ; stated supply of the First Church
of Owantonna, Minn., from 1881 until installed its pastor
June 26, 1883, being released from this charge Sept. 20, 1885 ;
stated supply at Gloucester, N. J., from November 1885 to
December 1888; stated supply at Monticello, N. Y., from
January 1889 to May 1896; pastor of the church at Pine
Plains, N. Y., from May 12, 1897 to May 31, 1904, and pastor
of the Westminster Church, Salt Point, N. Y., from Feb. 27,
1907, until his death, which occurred Feb. 3, 191 1, at Salt
Point, of heart failure, in the 68th year of his age. He was
buried at Pine Plains, N. Y. Mr. McGowan was editor of
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the Philadelphia Protestant Standard in 1875, and in 1893.
He was statistical secretary of the Minnesota State Sunday
School Association, from 1880 to 1885.
He was married Oct. 17, 1868, in Tuckahoe, N. J., to
Abigail Gray Willetts, who, with four daughters, survives
him.
HENRY MITCHELL WHITNEY,
Son of Josiah Dwight and Clarissa (James) Whitney, was
born Jan. 16, 1843, in Northhampton, Mass. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Edwards Congregational
Church of Northhampton, at the age of fifteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in L. J. Dudley's private school of
Northhampton, from 1857 to 1858, and at the Williston Semi-
nary of Easthampton, Mass., from 1858 to 1859, and he
graduated from Yale University in 1864. From 1862 to 1863
he was a soldier in the United States Army, and for a year
after his graduation from college was an agent of the United
States Christian Commission. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1865, remaining one year and completing his
theological course in the Andover Theological Seminary from
which he graduated in 1868. He was licensed by the Andover
Congregational Association, December 1867, and ordained by
a Congregational Council at Geneva, 111., May 12, 1869, being
at the same time installed pastor of the Congregational church
of Geneva, which he had served as stated supply since Novem-
ber 1868. He was released from this charge April 1, 1871. He
then supplied the Presbyterian church of Beloit, Wis., from
September 1871 to June 1872, and the Congregational church
of Roscoe, 111., from April 1876 to June 1881. His chief work
in life was as a teacher, being professor of English in Beloit
College, Wis., from April 1871 to June 1899. He was librar-
ian of the Blackstone Memorial Library, Branfort, Conn.,
from November 1899 until his death, which occurred March
26, 191 1, in New Haven, Conn., of heart failure, after weeks
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of indigestion, in the 69th year of his age. He was buried in
Branfort, Conn. Prof. Whitney was a trustee of the Beloit
Savings Bank for eighteen years, was an alderman in Beloit,
from 18/6 to 1883, and was trustee of the Congregational
church of Beloit, from 1882 to 1895. He was an honorary
member of the British Association for the Advancement of
Science from 1881 until his death. He was president of the
Connecticut Library Association from 1901 to 1903, and of
the Fifty-second Massachusetts Regimental Association from
1904 to 1906. He was associate editor of the Century Dic-
tionary from 1883 to 1891. He was joint author of the
Columbian Educational History of Wisconsin, 1893, and au-
thor of the History of Beloit College, 1893, besides many
pamphlets and articles in magazines and newspapers. He de-
livered many lectures and addresses on patriotic, educational
and religious subjects. He declined the presidency of the
University of South Dakota.
He was married Aug. 3, 1869, in Geneva, 111., to Frances
Wurts, who, with three sons and one daughter, survives him.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS YEOMANS,
Son of David Prentice and Nancy (Guess) Yeomans, was
born June 30, 1845, in Easton, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Prince-
ton, N. J., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Queen's College Preparatory School, Kings-
ton, Can., and he graduated from Queen's University, Kings-
ton, in 1863. He spent the next year in teaching. He began
the study of theology in Queen's College, spending a year
there, 1864-65. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1865,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1868.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April
18, 1867, and ordained by the Presbytery of Hamilton of the
Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church
of Scotland, Sept. 22, 1869, being at the same time installed
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pastor of the church at Winterbourne, Ontario, Can., from
which he was released April 25, 1876. After this he served
the following churches in Canada: pastor at Dunnville, from
April 25, 1876 to Dec. 10, 1886; stated supply at Harrowsmith,
1887-89 ; pastor at Wiarton, from Dec. 30, 1889 to July 1893 ;
stated supply of various churches from 1893 to 1901 ; stated
supply at Deseronto, 1901-04; stated supply at Byng Inlet,
from December 1904 to May 1906; stated supply at Spanish
Mills, from December 1906 to December 1907, and stated sup-
ply at Bala, from December 1907 until installed its pastor in
May 1908 and serving this church until his death, which oc-
curred Jan. 16, 191 1, in Bala, Ontario, Can., of paralysis, in the
66th year of his age. He occupied his pulpit the day before his
death. He was buried in Berlin, Can. He published a num-
ber of sermons by request in the newspapers.
He was married Nov. 14, 1872, in Conestogo, Ontario,
Can., to Sophronia Hendry, who, with two sons and one
daughter, survives him.
WILLIAM HENRY LOGAN,
Son of Col. Henry and Martha (O'Hail) Logan, was born
Jan. 21, 1843, in Dillsburg, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian Church of Lower Tuscarora,
Pa., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Mount Joy, Pa., under E. L. Moore, principal,
1859-60, and in the Tuscarora Academy, under J. H. Shu-
maker, principal, 1860-62, and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1865. • He spent the next two years in farming.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1867, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1870. He was li-
censed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, June 16, 1869, and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Washington City, April 10, 1872.
From 1 87 1 to 1874 he served the Gurley Chapel in Washing-
ton, D. C. He then supplied the churches of Millerstown and
Newport, Pa., from 1875 until installed their pastor, April
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27, 1876. He was released from this charge June 8, 1886. He
served as presbyterial missionary for the Presbytery of Car-
lisle, from September 1886 to January 1889, and in the same
capacity for the Presbytery of New Castle, from March 1889
to January 1890. He was pastor of the church at Manokin,
Md., from Jan. 1, 1891 to April 26, 1900, and financial secre-
tary of Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., from May 1900
to October 1901. From April 1903 until 1909 he was pres-
byterial missionary of the Presbytery of New Castle. He
resided in Wilmington, Del., from 1901 until his death, which
occurred Aug. 26, 19 10, in Wilmington, as the result of a
nervous breakdown, following the sudden death of his wife,
in the 68th year of his age. He was buried at Dillsburg, Pa.
Mr. Logan was a trustee of Wilson College, from 1883 until
his death. He was at one time moderator of the Presbytery
of Washington City, and later of the Presbytery of New Castle ;
twice moderator of the Presbytery of Carlisle and moderator
of the Synod of Baltimore in 1900. He was five times a
commissioner to the General Assembly. He published a
"History of Millerstown, Perry County, Pa.", in 1877, and a
"History of Millerstown and Newport churches", in 1876.
He also published several annual reports as presbyterial mis-
sionary, as well as twelve as chairman of the Sustentation
Committee of the Synod of Baltimore.
He was married June 21, 1871, in Carlisle, to Elizabeth
Ellen Green, who died July 20, 19 10. One son and two
daughters survive him.
CHARLES HENRY BURR,
Son of Charles Henry and Mary Eliza (Blackwell) Burr, was
born Dec. 19, 1847, m Astoria, L. I., N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Astoria
at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
at Sing Sing, N. Y., under Messrs. Phelps and Benjamin, and
he graduated from Williams College in 1868. Entering the Sem-
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inary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he remained
there two years. From May 1870 until September of the same
year, he engaged in missionary work in Sing Sing, N. Y. He
continued his theological studies in the Free Church College,
at Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1870 to 1871, and then spent the
following two years in the Universities of Berlin, Leipzig,
Halle and Zurich. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Nas-
sau, April 13, 1870, and ordained by the Presbytery of West
Chester, March 5, 1874. He was the pastor's assistant at Sing
Sing, N. Y., from October 1873 to March 1874. At the time of
his ordination he was installed pastor of the church at River-
dale, N. Y., and continued in this charge until 1878. He labor-
ed as an evangelist at Champlain, N. Y., in 1879. At this time
he moved to New York City and resided there until 1888. He
became librarian of Williams College in this year, and con-
tinued such until his death, Nov. 28, 1910, at Williamstown,
Mass., of cerebritis, in the 63rd year of his age. He was
buried at Williamstown.
Mr. Burr was married Aug. 19, 1874, in Champlain, N. Y.,
to Laura C. Hoyle, who, with one son and three daughters,
survives him.
DONALD MacGREGOR,
Son of James and Christianna (MacMartin) MacGregor, was
born Nov. 30, 1844, in Utica, N. Y. He made a public con-
confession of his faith in the Queen's Square Presbyterian
at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Albany Academy, N. Y., and he graduated from Yale Uni-
versity in 1868. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1871. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New York, June 6, 1870, and ordained by the Presbytery of
Troy, Sept. 24, 1872. During a part of 1870 he supplied the
church at Yorktown, N. Y. At the time of his ordination he
was installed pastor of the Park Church of Troy, N. Y., and
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continued its pastor for more than thirty-seven years until his
death, May n, 1910, at Troy, N. Y., of heart disease, in the
66th year of his age. He was buried in the Rural Cemetery
near Albany, N. Y. Mr. MacGregor was a commissioner to
the General Assembly of 1882 at Springfield, 111. He was
unmarried.
AETHUB FEEDEEIC CARE, D.D.,
Son of Hugh and Sophia (Ramsay) Carr, was born Nov. 12,
1844, in St. Eleanor's P. E. L, Canada. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Queen's Square Presbyterian
Church of Charlottestown, P. E. L, at the age of seventeen.
His preparatory studies were pursued at Bedeque, P. E. I.,
under the Rev. R. S. Patterson, and he graduated from Dal-
housie College in 1868. He spent the next year in the Hali-
fax Theological College, entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1869, and remaining one year. He completed his theological
course in the Halifax College, graduating in 1871. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Prince Edward's Island in June
1 87 1, and ordained by the same Presbyter}-, Oct. 4, 1871, being
at the same time installed pastor of the church at Alberton.
He was released from this charge Sept. 29, 1889. His only
other pastorate charge was that of the St. Andrew's Church,
Campbellton, N. B., from 1889 unti l his death, which occurred
Feb. 15, 19 10, at Campbellton, of cancer of the stomach, in
the 66th year of his age. He was buried at Campbellton. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from the Halifax Pres-
byterian College in 1904. Dr. Carr was moderator of the
Synod of the Maritime Provinces of the Presbyterian Church
of Canada in 1901.
He was married May 12, 1875, in Malpeque, P. E. I., Can-
ada, to Mary Amelia Beairsto, who, with four sons and two
daughters, survives him.
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ROBERT WILLIAM McAFEE,
Son of Joseph and Priscilla Ann (Armstrong) McAfee, was
born Oct. n, 1848, in Emerson, Mo. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Louisi-
ana, Mo., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued under the Rev. John A. McAfee at the Pardee Colle-
giate Institute of Louisiana, Mo., and he graduated from High-
land University, Kan., in 1872. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he remained only one
term, the condition of his eyes compelling him to give up
further study at the time. He resided in Highland, Kan., from
1873 to 1874. In 1873 an attack of typhoid malarial fever pre-
vented his engaging in any work. In the fall of 1874 he went
to St. Louis, Mo., and organized a branch of the Railway Lit-
erary Union, undertaking the work of driving improper litera-
ture from the railway trains. Succeeding in this he became
interested in the larger work of prosecuting the producers as
well as the distributors of obscene literature and pictures, and
after many months succeeded in organizing branches of the
Society for the Suppression of Vice in Cincinnati, St. Louis
and Chicago, and getting the three branches to unite in the
Western Society for the Suppression of Vice in 1876. He con-
tinued an active agent of this Society from 1876 until his death.
He resided in St. Louis, Mo., from 1874 to 1875, in Collinsville,
111., from 1875 to 1896, and in Crawfordsville, Ind., from 1896
until his death, which occurred March 23, 1909, in Chicago,
111., of B right's disease, in the 61 st year of his age. He was
buried in Crawfordsville, Ind. In 1884 the United States Gov-
ernment made him a Post Office inspector with nominal com-
pensation and full authority as such an officer.
He was married June 9, 1875, in Highland, Kan., to Grace
L. Deane, who, with two sons and two daughters, survives him.
JOHN HEREON,
Son of Rev. Dr. Robert and Mary Eliza (McMurray) Her-
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ron, was born July 19, 185 1, in Archer Township, Harrison
County, Ohio. He made a public confession of his faith in
the Presbyterian church of New Hagerstown, O., at the age
of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the New
Hagerstown Academy under the Rev. Alexander Swaney, D.D.,
John T. Daniel and J. Howard Brown and he graduated from
the Scientific School of Washington and Jefferson College in
1869. He later took a classical course at Lafayette College,
1870 to 1 87 1, and at Washington and Jefferson College, from
1872 to 1873, without taking the degree in that course. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1873, ne t0 °k the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1876. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Steubenville, O., April 28, 1875, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Lake Superior, Nov. 8, 1876. He was
stated supply of the church at Ontonagon, Mich., from Septem-
ber 1876 to May 1877; pastor of the church at Atlantic, la.,
from Oct. 30, 1877, to Feb. 14, 1887, and pastor of the
First Church, Sedalia, Mo., from May 5, 1887, to Sept.
24, 1890. He served the church at Independence, Kan., as
pastor elect, from July 1890 to March 1891, and the church at
San Bernardino City, Cal., as pastor elect from March 1891
to April 1893. He was stated supply of the church at Massil-
lon, O., from January 1895 to April 1897, and the Central
Church, Akron, O., from November 1897 until installed its
pastor, April 21, 1898. He was released from this charge
April 17, 1906. After this he resided in Wooster, O., without
charge until his death, which occurred Dec. 1, 1910, at Wooster,
of Bright's disease, in the 60th year of his age. He was buried
at Wooster. He was chaplain of the Iowa National Guard
from 1891 to 1893. From 1887 to 1888 he was President of
Sedalia University, Mo. He was commissioner to the General
Assembly of 1880 and of 1906; moderator of the Presbytery
of Council Bluffs, and of the Presbytery of Kansas City and
of the Presbytery of Cleveland.
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He was married June 26, 1877, at New Hagerstown, O.,
to Mary Agnes Johnston, who, with two sons and two daugh-
ters, survives him.
MALCOLM CROOKS CAMERON,
Son of Duncan and Sarah (Sinclair) Cameron, was born
June 14, 1849, i n St. Thomas, Ontario, Can. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Weston,
Can., at the age of sixteen. He studied in the Yarmouth Model
School, Can., and in the St. Thomas Collegiate Institute, Can.,
under William Campbell and John Somerville. Before com-
ing to Princeton he spent four years in teaching in the common
schools of Canada. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1875 as a middler, he graduated in 1877. He then spent a year
in the Yale Divinity School, receiving from it the degree of
B.D. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick,
April 23, 1877, and ordained by the Presbytery of Toronto,
Can., March 25, 1879, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Milton, Can., from which he was released March
1, 1887. He was then pastor of the Knox Church, Harriston,
Can., from April 1887 to June 1908. At this time the failure
of his health compelled him to give up the active work of the
ministry, and he was honorably retired, taking up his residence
in St. Thomas. He died at Bolton June 17, 1909, in the 60th
year of his age. He was Secretary for Prohibition in Halton
County, 1886 to 1887.
He was married Jan. 19, 1881, in Bolton, Ont., Canada, to
Lillie A. Johnston, who died June 23, 1904. One son and
two daughters survive him.
JOSEPH WITTENBERGER,
Son of Joseph and Anna (Laufer) Wittenberger, was born
Mar. 5, 1845, m Gratz, Austria. He made a public confession
of his faith at the age of sixteen. He came to this country
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with his parents in 185 1, the family settling on a farm near
Milwaukee, Wis. His father dying suddenly, much of the
labor of maintaining the family devolved upon the older boys.
At the age of twenty he entered the theological school at
Dubuque, la., to prepare for the ministry. He came to the
Seminary at Princeton in 1874, taking the full three years'
course there and graduating in 1877. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Dubuque, April 24, 1872, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Milwaukee, June 10, 1873. Before coming to
Princeton he was stated supply of the German church at Beloit,
Wis., and was installed its pastor in 1879, being released
from this charge in 1882. He was stated supply of the German
church of Plattsmouth, Neb., from 1882 to 1885, and of the
Meridian German Church near Alexandria, Neb., from 1885
to 1894. At this time he retired from the active work of the
ministry, and settled on a farm three miles from Alexandria,
where he died Oct. 14, 1910, of cancer of the stomach, in the
66th year of his age. He was buried in the Meridian Ceme-
tery, near Alexandria, Neb.
He was married May 1, 1879, in Germantown, Wis., to
Elizabeth Stark, who, with five sons and three daughters, sur-
vives him.
CHARLES EUGENE CUNNINGHAM, D.D.
Son of Rev. Dr. Alexander Newton and Margaretta Ann
(Eason) Cunningham, was born Nov. 12, 1856, in Franklin,
Tenn. He made a public confession of his faith in the Pres-
byterian church of Franklin, at the age of fourteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Franklin, under the tui-
tion of his father, and he graduated from Stewart College,
now Southwestern Presbyterian University, in 1876. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1879.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabeth, Oct. 8, 1879,
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and ordained by the same Presbytery, Oct. 31, 1879, being
at the same time installed pastor of the Madison Avenue
Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, N. J. He was released
from this charge June 3, 1889. His only other pastorate was
that of the church at Yazoo City, Miss., from 1889 until his
death, which occurred April 18, 1910, in Yazoo City, of
Bright's disease, in the 54th year of his age. He received the
honorary degree of D.D., from the Southwestern Presbyterian
University in 1895. Dr. Cunningham was stated clerk of the
Presbytery of Central Mississippi for many years. He pub-
lished occasional sermons and was, for some time, corre-
sponding editor of the Southwestern Presbyterian.
He was married Nov. 19, 1884, in Elizabeth, N. J., to
Annie Warren, who, with one son and one daughter, survives
him.
EDGAR WILLIS ALEXANDER, M.D.,
Son of Humphry and Cillanne (Marling) Alexander, was
born Nov. 6, 1857, in St. Clairsville, O. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of New
Athens, O., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in New Athens, under Dr. A. F. Ross, and he
graduated from Westminster College, Pa., in 1878. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
remaining only one year. After leaving Princeton he took up
the study of medicine and graduated from the Ohio Medical
School in Cincinnati in 188 1. He went to Hamadan, Persia,
as a medical missionary in 1882, continuing in this work until
1891. After returning to this country he engaged in the
practice of medicine in Wheeling, W. Va., from 1892 until
his death, which occurred July 7, 1910 at his residence in
Woodsdale, Wheeling, of endocarditis, in the 53rd year of
his age. He is buried in the cemetery of the Stone Church at
Elm Grove, W. Va.
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He was married July 5, 1882, in Neoga, 111., to Gertrude
Farris, who, with two daughters, survives him.
PETER SWAN, D.D.,
Son of Thomas and Jane (Hadden) Swan, was born Feb. 21,
185 1, in Pittsburg, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Second United Presbyterian Church of New
Wilmington, Pa., at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Richmond, O., and in the preparatory
department of Westminster College, Pa., from which insti-
tution he graduated in 1878. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the same year, he remained there two years.
He completed his theological studies in the Allegheny United
Presbyterian Seminary, from which he graduated in 1881.
He was licensed by the United Presbyterian Presbytery of
Stubenville, April 12, 188 1, and ordained by the United Pres-
byterian Presbytery of Keokuk, April 24, 1882. He supplied
the United Presbyterian church of Burlington, la., from July
1881 until installed its pastor, April 24, 1882, and was re-
leased from this charge Dec. 31, 1892. He was pastor of the
United Presbyterian church of North Bend, Neb., from Aug.
30, 1893 to Nov. 13, 1904, and of the United Presbyterian
church of Traer, la., from Dec. 26, 1904, until his death,
which occurred March 31, 1909, in Traer, of paralysis, in the
59th year of his age. He was buried at Burlington, la. He
received the honorary degree of D.D., from Monmouth Col-
lege, 111., in 1904. Dr. Swan taught in the public schools of
Jefferson County, O., from 1870 to 1873. He was moderator
of the Synod of Iowa, of the United Presbyterian Church, in
1889, and of the Synod of Nebraska, of the same Church, in
1894. For eleven years he was secretary of the Ministers'
Association of Burlington, la.
He was married April 13, 1881, in Knoxville, to Nina
Frances Means, who, with three sons, survives him.
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HUGH HUGHES.
Son of Hugh and Grace (Jones) Hughes, was born Dec. II,
1853, at Brynrefail, Anglesea, North Wales. He early made
a public confession of his faith in the Welsh Presbyterian
Church. He studied in Bangor, Wales, under the Rev. D. D.
Jones, and in Clynog, Wales, under the Rev. John Evans. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1882, remaining three
years as a special student. He was licensed in 1878 before
coming to this country, in the Welsh Presbyterian Church and
ordained by an association of Welsh Presbyterians of the
Synod of Eastern Pennsylvania at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May
9, 1886. He was pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian church of
Ashley, Pa., from 1886 to 1899, and of Bangor and Wind
Gap, Pa., from 1899 to 1906. At this time he returned to
Wales and died Nov. 6, 1908, in Brynrefail, Anglesea, North
Wales, in the 55th year of his age. He was buried at Penrhosl-
lugwg.
He was married in Allentown, Pa., to Jane Edwards, who
survives him.
HENRY MILLER,
Son of Rev. John Henry and Eliza Dicea (Givhan) Miller,
was born Feb. 10, 1855, in Pontotoc, Miss. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of his
native place, at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Male Academy of Pontotoc, under the
Rev. W. V. Frierson and the Rev. James D. West, and he
graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1877. After
graduation he became principal of a school at Coffeeville,
Miss., 1877-78, and of the Female Institute of Oxford, Miss.,
1878-80. From 1879 to ^80 ne was superintendent of edu-
cation for Lafayette County, Miss. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in 1880, he remained one year. He then spent a
year in Union Theological Seminary, Va. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of West Lexington, June 4, 1883, and or-
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dained by the Presbytery of Transylvania, March 15, 1885.
He was stated supply of the church at Lawrenceburg, Ky.,
from November 1882 to May 1883; of the church at Versail-
les, Ky., from December 1883 to August 1884, and of the
church at Owingsville, Ky., from September to December
1884. At the time of his ordination he was installed pastor of
the church at New Providence, Ky., from which he was re-
leased in 1890. From 1890 until 1897 he was pastor of the
First Church of Middlesborough, Ky. During the following
year he served as evangelist for the Synod of Kentucky. He
was pastor of the church at Mount Sterling, Ky., from Jan-
uary 1899 to February 1900 and of the Bethesda, Rockbridge
Baths, Va., from Nov. 10, 1901, until his death, which occurred
Feb. 6, 191 1, at Rockbridge Baths, of pneumonia, in the 56th
year of his age. He was buried at Lexington, Va.
He was married Sept. 10, 1890, in Rockbridge Baths, Va.,
to Flora Boyce McElwee, who, with two sons, survives him.
EOBEET PATTERSON BOYD,
Son of Samuel Ramsay and Mary Elizabeth (Patterson)
Boyd, was born near Fairfield, Pa., Nov., 12, 1848. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Chestnut Level, Pa., at the age of twenty-one. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the Chestnut Level Academy
and the York Collegiate Institute, under the Rev. James Mc-
Dougall, and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1881.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1884. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Westminster,
April 10, 1883, and ordained an evangelist by the same Pres-
bytery Dec. 27, 1884. In March, 1885, he entered upon mis-
sionary work among the Mormons in southern Idaho, with
Paris as his place of residence. He continued in this work
until the fall of 1909. At this time, in declining health, he
went to Los Angeles, Cal., hoping to regain his strength there.
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In this he was disappointed, and died July 27, 1910, in Los
Angeles of Bright's disease, in the 62nd year of his age. He
was buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery at Tropico, Cal.
Mr. Boyd organized a church at Montpelier, Idaho, in 1889,
and one at Paris, Idaho, in 1892. He published a number of
tracts relating to the Mormon question, among them being
"The Mormon God is not the God of the Bible", "Pre-
existence of spirits : a Mormon doctrine refuted by the Bible",
"Some fatal objections to the Mormon Tithing Society" and
several articles in the Idaho Scimitar.
He was married Nov. 20, 1884, in York, Pa., to Lucy J.
McKinnon, who, with one son and two daughters, survives
him.
JOHN JAMES HENNING,
Son of Rev. William Edward and Jane (Erwin) Henning,
was born July 28, 1855, at North Argyle, N. Y. He made a
public confession of his faith in the United Presbyterian
church of North Argyle, at the age of eighteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Argyle Academy, the
Claverack College and the Hudson River Institute, and he
graduated from Union College in 1881. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1884. He was
licensed by the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Argyle,
June 10, 1884, and ordained by the Presbytery of Albany,
Jan. 20, 1885, being at the same time installed pastor of the
Princetown Church, Rynex Corners, N. Y., from which he
was released Dec. 12, 1893. His only other charge was over
the church of Green Island, N. Y., from Dec. 20, 1893 until
his death, which occurred June 10, 1910, at Green Island, of
cancer, in the 55th year of his age. He was buried at Glens
Falls, N. Y. He was a commissioner to the General Assem-
bly in 1893 and in 1903. He was twice moderator of the Presby-
tery of Troy, and was moderator of the Presbytery of Albany.
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He was married Aug. 17, 1897, in Argyle, N. Y., to Eliza-
beth May Williams, who, with two daughters, survives him.
EDWARD SNYDER,
Son of John Henry and Lydia Wittington (Trufant) Snyder,
was born March 12, 1848, in St. Ann's, Ontario, Can. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Gainsborough, Ontario, Can., at the age of eighteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the high schools of
Smithville and Flora, Ontario, and he graduated from Knox
College, Toronto, Can., in 1882. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1885. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 22, 1885, and ordained
by the same Presbytery, May 7, 1885, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Stockton, N. J., from which
he was released Jan. 1, 1889. He was pastor of the church
at Youngstown, N. Y., from Nov. 18, 1889, to Oct. 2, 1892,
and of the churches of Scipioville and Scipio, N. Y., from Sept.
12, 1893, to July 8, 1896. He labored as an evangelist during
the next two years. He was pastor of the First Church of
Wantage, N. J., from Oct. 27, 1898, to Aug. 31, 1902; of the
church at North Hardyston, N. J., from Sept. 11, 1902, to
March 26, 1905, and of the church at Harmony, N. J., from
April 6, 1905, to Dec. 31, 1910. He then made his residence in
Easton, Pa. He died Jan. 23, 191 1, in the Hudson Terminal
Station, New York City, suddenly, of heart disease, in the 63rd
year of his age. He was buried in the Easton Heights Ceme-
tery, near Easton, Pa.
He was married May 27, 1885, in Belfountain, Ontario, Can.,
to Mary Dodd, who, with one son aand two daughters, sur-
vives him.
FRANCIS EDGAR SMITH,
Son of Ellen Olivia (Belsher) Smith, was born Aug. 17, 1859,
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in Baldwyn, Miss. He made a public confession of his faith
in the Presbyterian church of Mansfield Valley, Mansfield, Pa.,
at the age of fourteen. He studied in the Jefferson Academy^
of Canonsburg, Pa., but did not have a collegiate education.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1886, taking the full
three years' course there, and graduating in 1889. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Pittsburg, June 12, 1888, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore, April 16, 1889. He
labored as city missionary in connection with the Hope Insti-
tute of Baltimore, Md., from April 1889 to February 1891, and
was stated supply of Faith Chapel, Washington, D. C, from
April to December 1891. He was pastor of the Second Church
of New Rochelle, N. Y., from Feb. 2, 1892, to May 4, 1902,
and of the church at Port Jervis, N. Y., from May 7, 1902, to
July 18, 1906. At this time he retired from active ministerial
work to engage in private business in New York, with his resi-
dence in Brooklyn. He died Feb. 20, 191 1, in the Long Island
College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., of pneumonia, following an
operation for mastoiditis, in the 53rd year of his age. He was
buried at Easton, Pa.
He was married June 2, 1891, in Baltimore, Md., to Mary
Marshal Smith, who, with three sons and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
NEPTUNE BLOOD WILLIAM GALWEY,
Son of Neptune Blood and Harriet (Grattan) Galwey, was
born Feb. 10, 1861, in The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
Church of Ireland at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the St. Mary's Church School, Limerick,
Ireland, under the Rev. George F. Hamilton, and, coming to
this country, he became a student in Lake Forest College, where
he remained three and one-half years. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in 1890, he remained one year, completing his
theological course in McCormick Theological Seminary in 1893.
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He was licensed by the Presbytery of Chicago, June 3, 1893,
and ordained by the same Presbytery, Oct. 18, 1893. He was
co-pastor of the Olivet Memorial Church, Chicago, from Oct.
19, 1893, unt il installed pastor, March 1, 1894. He was released
from this charge early in 1898. He then supplied the Central
Church Mission in Chicago for a year. At this time he was
dropped from the roll of the Presbytery of Chicago upon his
entering the ministry of the Episcopal Church. He was or-
dained a deacon by Bishop Potter, Sept. 16, 19CO, and an Epis-
copal priest by Bishop Nichols, April 6, 1901. He was rector
of Trinity Church, Menlo Park, Cal., from Oct 10, 1901, to
April 10, 1904, and rector of St. Matthew's Churcb, San Mateo,
Cal., from April 10, 1904, until his death, which occurred May
26, 1910, at San Mateo, of pneumonia, in the 50th year of his
age. He was buried in the church of St. Matthew, San Mateo,
Cal. He was a member of the General Convention of the Epis-
copal Church, in 1907, and was three times Dean of the Con-
vocation of San Jose.
He was married Sept. 18, 1900, in Newport, R. I., to Mary
Newbold Edgar, who, with two sons and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
WILBER LA FAYETTE HAYS, Ph. D..
Son of Samuel and Almira (Castle) Hays, was born April 16,
1861, near Mattoon, 111. He made a public confession of his
faith in the First Presbyterian Church at Raymond, 111., at the
age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the preparatory department of Blackburn University, 111., under
Professor Robert B. Minton and Professor A. J. Caldwell,
and he graduated from Blackburn University in 1889. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
remained there two years, and then from 1891 to 1892 was
stated supply of the church at Williams, la. Returning to
Princeton Seminary in the fall of 1892, he completed his
course there, graduating in 1893. He was licensed by the Pres-
191 1 ] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. llj
bytery of Alton, Sept. 9, 1891, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Southern Dakota, Oct. 12, 1893. He was stated supply
of the church at Alexandria, S. D., from September 1893 to
September 1894; of the church at Ontonagon, Mich., from Sep-
tember 1894 to September 1895, and of the church at Tekonsha,
Mich., from September 1895 to March 1897. He was pastor of
the church at Newberry, Mich., from March 2, 1897, to Sept. 4,
1902; of the church at Crandon, Wis., from September 1902 to
May 1903, and of the church at Cooksville, 111., from July 1903
to November 1904. At this time ill health prevented his con-
tinuing in the work of the ministry. He resided at Cooksville
until 1909, and after that at Birmingham, Mich., until his death,
which occurred Feb. 19, 191 1, at Birmingham, of pernicious
anaemia, in the 50th year of his age. He was buried at Bir-
mingham. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale College
in 1899.
He was married Aug. 28, 1895, in Ontonagon, Mich., to
Nancy Winton Carmichael, who, with two sons and one daugh-
ter, survives him.
DAVID ERNEST MORELL,
Son of Rev. Dr. Charles Lucas aand Annie (Brown) Morell,
was born Nov. 13, 1870, in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ire-
land. He made a public confession of his faith in the Mora-
vian Church at Ockbrook, Derbyshire, England, at the age of
sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Academ-
ical Institute of Belfast, Ireland. He studied for a time in
Queen's College, Belfast, and later spent four years in the Royal
University of Dublin, from which he graduated in 1892. He took
the degree of Bachelor of Music, having intended to follow that
profession, but started upon a business career as an analytical
chemist. Having decided to enter the ministry, he came to
the Seminary at Princeton in 1895, remaining one year. He
completed his theological course in McCormick Seminary, from
which he graduated in 1907. He was licensed and ordained
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by the Presbytery of Pueblo, July 12, 1907, being at the same
time installed pastor of the First Church at Durango, Col.,
from which he was released Jan. 20, 1909. He was installed
pastor of the church at Berwyn, 111., Mar 12, 1909, and released
from the same on account of ill health, Nov. 1, 1909. He died
Jan. 10, 1910, in Chicago, 111., of pneumonia, in the 40th year
of his age. He was buried in the Rosehill Cemetery, near
Chicago. He was unmarried.
ROYAL JESSE SMALLEY,
Son of James Addison and Emma Melvina (Oren) Smalley,
was born Sept. 28, 1882, in Mount Auburn, la. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of La
Porte City, la., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the high school of La Porte City, and he
graduated from Cornell College, Mount Vernon, la., in 1905.
He spent the next )^ear in teaching and in sociological work,
under Dr. Devin of Columbia University, N. Y. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1906, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1909. U?on his graduation he re-
ceived the Gelston-Winthrop Fellowship in Apologetics, receiv-
ing at the same time the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He
also received at this time from Princeton University the degree
of Master of Arts. He spent the following year in Princeton
in philosophical studies in connection with the Graduate School
of Princeton University. He was on the point of sailing for
a course of study in the universities of Germany, when he was
overtaken by an attack of cerebral meningitis, of which he died,
after a short illness, April 21, 1910, in the Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, N. ]., in the 28th year of his age. He was buried
in La Porte City, la.
He was married Sept. 1, 1909, in Independence, la., to
Katharine Delia Dukes, who survives him.
191 1 J NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 119
JAMES CLAEK TAYLOE,
Son of John Campbell and Ellen Sterrett (Clark) Taylor, was
born July 19, 1882, in East Craftsbury, Vt. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church "of
Beaver Falls, Pa., at the age of twenty-four. He studied for
three years in Geneva College, Pa., and took his fourth year
in Princeton University from which he graduated in 1905.
During the following year he engaged in teaching in the Burr
and Burton Seminary of Manchester, Vt. Entering the Sem-
inary at Princeton in 1906, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1909. He was licensed and ordained by
the Presbytery of Duluth, Sept. 29, 1909. He was stated supply
of the church at Ely, Minn., from 1909 until his death, which
occurred June 2, 1910, in Colorado Springs, Col., of meningi-
tis, in the 28th year of his age. He was buried at Sterling, Kan.
He was married May 25, 1909, in Sterling, Kan., to Mar-
garet B. Ferguson, who survives him.
LYDEN COLUMB LOBAIN D'ZILVA,
Son of Justin Lorain and Evelyn Amanda (Schokman)
D'Zilva, was born Aug. 9, 1883, in Colombo, Ceylon. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Wolvendaal Pres-
byterian Church of Colombo, at the age of sixteen. His prepa-
ratory studies were pursued in Colombo, under Mr. G. A. Wille,
and he took the collegiate course in the Royal College, Colombo,
from which he graduated in 1902. After this he was, for a
time, a tutor in the Wesleyan Mission College of Colombo. He
spent nearly a month in the Theological Seminary at New
Brunswick, N. J., before entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1908. Near the close of his second year at Princeton on April
24, 19 10, he drowned himself in the nearby canal, while tempo-
rarily insane, in the 27th year of his age. He was buried in
the Princeton cemetery.
INDEX
PAGE
Alexander, Edgar Willis 109
Armstrong, Amzi Lewis 84
Bartley, Joseph Dana 94
Boyd, Robert Patterson • 112
Bcrr, Charles Henry 102
Cameron, Malcolm Crooks 107
Carr, Arthur Frederick 104
Chester, John 89
Cobb, Sanford Hoadley 92
Converse, John Heman 72.
Cornelison, Isaac Amada • 82
Cunningham, Charles Eugene 108
D'Zilva, Lynden Columb Lorain 1 19
Everitt, Benjamin Smith 85
Finney, Henry Graham ■ • 87
Galwey, Neptune Blood William 115
Hays, Wii.ber La Fayette 116
Henning, John James 113
Herron, John 105
Hughes, Hugh 1 1 1
Hutchinson, Sylvanus Nye 93
Jones, John Sparhawk • • 97
Lapsley. James Thomas 77
Logan, William Henry 101
Love, David Rankin 91
McAfee, Robfrt William 105
McCoy, John Simeon 95
McGowan, James Alexander 98
McGregor, Donald 103
Magie, David 74
Miller, Henry 1 11
Morell, David Ernest 117
Newkirk, Matthew 75
Nixon, George • 85
Orr, Joh n 96
Proctor, John Officer 78
Senour, Faunt Le Roy 79
Shaw, Horatio Watson 80
Singleton, Horace Leonard 88
Sm alley. Royal Jesse 118
Smith, Francis Edgar 114
Snyder, Edward 114
Swan, Peter no
Taylor, James Clark 119
Vannuys, Hervey Logan 81
Whitney, Henry Mitchell 99
Wikoff, James Holmes 72.
Witteberger, Joseph 107
Woods, Edgar 83
Yeomans, George Aughstus 100
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR'
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 6th, 1912
By the Secretary
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
[IQI2
NOTICE
The preparation of the Necrological Report has been committed by
the Association to the Secretary, who earnestly solicits the aid of all
the Alumni of the Seminary. When an alumnus dies, newspaper obitu-
ary notices, funeral or memorial sermons — and information in any
shape — will be gratefully received. Let these be sent, as soon as pos-
sible after the death of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913
Rev. J. G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D., '73, President.
Rev. William B. Jennings, D.D., '83, Vice-President.
Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, '77, Secretary.
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '80, Treasurer.
Rev. George H. Ingram, 83, f Additional Members
T. H. Powers Sailer, Ph.D., '93 J of the
Rev. Raymond H. Wilson, '03, j Executive Committee.
122
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ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 6, 1912.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in the Casino at
7 p. m., with the President, the Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, '77, in
the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev. Daniel N. Free-
land, '47, representing the oldest class present. At the close
of the dinner the Association was called to order for a brief
business session.
The report of the Executive Committee was read by the
Rev. Matthew J. Hyndman, '92, and is as follows:
The Executive Committee would recommend the following
officers of the Association for the ensuing year :
President— The Rev. J. G. K. McClure, D.D., LL.D., of
the class of '73.
Vice-President — The Rev. William B. Jennings, D.D., of
the class of '83.
Secretary — The Rev. Joseph H. Dulles, of the class of '77.
Treasurer — The Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., of
the class of '80.
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Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
George H. Ingram, of the class of '83, T. H. Powers Sailer,
Ph.D., of the class of '93, and the Rev. Raymond H. Wilson,
of the class of '03.
The Committee would further recommend that the Necro-
logieal Report be printed and distributed as usual.
The report was accepted and its recommendations adopted.
The report of the Treasurer was presented by him, and ac-
cepted without reference to a committee of audit.
The Treasurer's report is as follows :
Whxiam Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Associa-
tion of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dr.
1912 Balance May 9, 191 1 (see last Report) $3.82
Interest @ 5% 19
$4.01
Cr.
1912 Balance May 6, 1912 $4.01
William Brenton Greene, Jr.,
Treasurer.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced by
the President. President Patton, representing the Faculty;
the Rev. James S. McDonald, D.D., representing the class of
'62 ; the Rev. William C. Rommel, representing the class of '72 ;
the Rev. Charles Lee, D.D., representing the class of '82 ; the
Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D., representing the class of '92,
and the Rev. William T. M. Beale, representing the class of
'02. At the conclusion of the speeches one verse of "Blest
be the tie that binds" was sung; the benediction was pronounced
by President Patton, and the Association adjourned.
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Secretary.
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ABSTRACT OF THE
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
FOR 1912
The report for the year ending March 31, 1912, contains notices of
one Director, Colonel John J. McCook, LL.D., one Director and Trus-
tee, the Hon. William M. Lanning, LL.D., and one Trustee, Nathaniel
Tooker, Esq., and of sixty-seven former students of the Seminary.
Fourteen of these should have been included in earlier reports, but
the fact of their death did not reach the Secretary in time. The total
number reported is seventy.
Of the sixty-seven former students, the oldest, the Rev. Robert A.
Criswell, '52, had reached the age of ninety-one years and nine months.
Another had also passed his ninety-first year. Twelve others had passed
their eightieth year, nineteen their seventieth and fifteen their sixtieth.
The youngest died at the age of twenty-eight years, one month, and nine
days. The average age of the sixty-seven was sixty-five years and eight
months. The average age at which they made a public confession of
their faith was sixteen years and eleven months.
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The Report contains the following names
DIRECTOR AND TRUSTEE
William Mershon Lanning, LL.D.,
DIRECTOR
John James McCook, LL.D.,
[1912
Nathaniel Tooker, Esq.,
TRUSTEE
ALUMNI
CLASS
1847. Caleb Cook Baldwin*, D.D.,
1849. James Ross Ramsay,
1851. Henry Rinker,
1852. Robert Ancrum Criswell,
James Alexander Paige,
1853. George Mancius Smedes Blauvelt,
1854. William Walton Sickels,
1855. John Xewton Young,
1856. Joseph Fowler Jennison,
Daniel McGilvary, D.D., LL.D.,
Jonathan Wilson, D.D.,
1857. George Roddick,
James Robinson Scott,
1858. Nathaniel McConaughy,
Calvin Wilfred Stewart, D.D.,
1859. James Bailie Adams,
Philip Scott Caffrey,
Robert Mayne Patterson, D.D., LL.D.
i860. John McMurray,
David Henry Mitchell,
1861. Newell Samuel Lowrie,
Samuel B Taggart,
Francis Marion Wood,
1862. James McKinney Alexander,
George Ross Pierce,
1865. Charles William Remington,
George Hutchinson Smyth, D.D.,
Frederick Howard Wines, LL.D.,
1866. Eberle Willis Thomson,
DIED
Feb.
16.
. 1912
Sept.
17
, 1911
June
7,
, 1911
July
19,
191 1
June
10,
1911
May-
M,
1910
March
12,
1912
March
19,
1912
July
5,
1911
Nov.
n,
1911
Jan.
10,
1912
June
23,
1911
Aug.
22,
1911
June
3,
191 1
Feb.
17,
1910
Nov.
23,
1911
Dec.
4,
1911
Oct.
24,
191 1
Nov.
12,
1911
Oct.
II,
1900
April
5,
1911
Jan.
25,
1912
June
2,
1910
Jan.
27,
1912
March
21,
191 1
April
11,
191 1
April
11,
191 1
Sept
25,
191 1
June
9,
1908
May
4,
191 1
Jan.
3i,
1912
April
16,
1911
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1867. Richard Philip Hart Vail, D.D.,
1868. Samuel Archibald,
John Menaul, M.D.,
1870. Robert Ennis,
David Hoge Riddle, D.D.,
James Urquhart,
1 87 1. David Lovell Murray,
James Harris Stewart,
1873. Edward Page Butler,
1874. George Ainslee,
Robert Jackson Beattie,
1875. John A Carmichael,
James Chambers, D.D.,
Thomas Davies Latimer,
Chester Paul Murray,
Alexander Gatherer Russell,
Henry Nevius Van Dyke,
1876. Henry Martin Kellogg,
Theodore Shields Negley,
1877. Finlay McNaughtan Dewey, D.D.,
1882. George Alfred Paull, D.D.,
1883. William George Clarke,
1887. George William Giboney, D.D.,
1889. Edward Grier Fullerton, Ph.D., D.D.,
1893. George Black Roddy,
1894. Bailie Brown, Ph.D., M.D.,
1895. James Ramsey Donehoo,
1898. James Alvan Sankey, D.D.,
1901. Thomas Berry Shannon,
1903. John Boggs Edgar,
1904. Grier Alvin Foote,
1906. Fraser Lochland MacLeod,
Frank Abdon Lunsford Reid,
1909. Clarence Henry Schwenke,
GRADUATE STUDENTS
entered
1879. Henry David Kurtz,
1903. Hendrik Jacobus Rust,
1908. Samuel Guy Finney,
1909. James Robertson West,
Jan.
15,
1912
Jan.
2,
1911
Jan.
9,
1912
April
9,
1911
Dec.
ii»
191 1
Jan.
10,
1912
July
23,
1910
Feb.
12,
1912
Jan.
20,
1912
Jan.
14,
191 1
Sept.
15,
1911
Nov.
11.
1911
June
10,
191 1
Feb.
25,
1912
Dec.
1,
1910
Nov.
10,
191 1
Dec.
23,
1911
July
22,
191 1
May
18,
1911
April
14.
191 1
Jan.
10,
1912
May
26,
1910
Dec.
18,
1911
July
5,
1911
Sept.
5,
1910
Jan.
12,
1912
Jan.
10,
1912
Oct.
28,
1911
Oct.
14,
191 1
Sept.
5,
1909
Jan.
21,
1912
Aug.
19,
1911
June
23,
191 1
Nov.
21,
191 1
Aug.
7,
1910
Sept.
20,
1906
Dec.
3i,
1911
Oct.
4,
1911
128 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^ 2
DIRECTOR AND TRUSTEE
WILLIAM MERSHON LANNING, LL.D.,
President of the Board of Trustees
Son of Elijah Webster and Cornelia (Mershon) Lanning, was
born Jan. i, 1849, i n Ewing, Mercer Co., N. J. He was edu-
cated in the Lawrenceville High School, from which he gradu-
ated in 1866. After his graduation and until April 1872, he
taught in the district schools of Mercer Co., N. J., and from
1872 to 1880 in the Trenton Academy, studying law in his
spare time. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and opened
an office in Trenton. He was made a counsellor-at-law in
1883. From April 1886 to March 1888 he was City Solicitor
of Trenton, and was a Judge in the Trenton District Court
from 1887 to 1891. He was elected a member of the House of
Representatives of the 58th Congress in 1902, beginning his
term March 4, 1903. He resigned his membership in June 1904,
that he might accept his appointment as Judge of the United
States District Court for N. J. This office he held until 1909,
when he was appointed Judge of the United States Circuit
Court of the Third Circuit. This office he held until his death,
which occurred Feb. 16, 1912, in Trenton, N. J., of angina
pectoris, in the 64th year of his age. He was buried in the
cemetery of the Presbyterian church at Ewing, N. J. He
received the degree of A.M. from Princeton University in 1901
and that of LL.D. from Washington and Jefferson College in
1908, and also from Princeton University in 1910. Judge
Lanning spent his entire life in or near Trenton, where he
practiced law and held his residence when a judge. He was
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several times commissioner to the General Assembly, and
was a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council at Liver-
pool in 1904. He was an elder of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church of Trenton for many years and was a member of the
Board of Trustees of the General Assembly. He was a director
of Princeton Seminary from 1895 until his death and a trustee
from 1907 until his death. He was president of the Board of
Trustees from 1910 until his death. He was also a trustee of
the Lawrenceville School. He was a member of the special
commission that framed the present comprehensive New Jersey
township laws, and also of the constitutional commission of
1894. He was a director and counsel of the Mechanics
National Bank of Trenton ; was counsel for the Trenton Bank-
ing Company for several years and president of the Mechanic
Bank of Trenton for a time. In 1895 he published "Help for
township officers in New Jersey", and assisted in compiling a
supplement to the revision of the general statutes of New
Jersey in 1887. With Judges Gray of Delaware and Buffing-
ton of Pittsburgh, he was to have sat in the government suit
against the Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries. He was
engaged in preparation for this work when he died.
He was married Aug. 3, 1881, in Herman, N. Y., to Jennie
Hemenway, who with two sons survives him.
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DIRECTOR
COL. JOHN JAMES McCOOE, LL.D.,
Son of Major Daniel and Martha (Latimer) Cook, was born
May 5, 1845, m Carrollton, O. He was named after an older
brother who had been a midshipman in the navy and had died
three years before Col. McCook's birth. He was a student in
Kenyon College from i860 to 1861, but at the end of his first
college year, when he was only sixteen years of age, he ran
away and enlisted in the 52nd Ohio Volunteers. He could not
get a place on the muster roll on account of his youth, but
served as volunteer aide to the brigade commander. In Sep-
tember 1862 he was commissioned first lieutenant of the Sixth
Ohio Cavalry, and in 1863 was promoted for bravery to
captain and aide-de-camp in the United States volunteers and
served as additional aide-de-camp on the staff of Major Gen-
eral G. H. Thomas, from November 1863 to January 1864.
Early in the latter year he was transferred to the army of the
Potomac and was wounded in an engagement at Shady Grove,
Va., May 30, 1864. For his action in this battle he was
brevetted major, and in October 1864 he resigned his commis-
sion on account of his wound. At the close of the war he was
made a Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the United States
volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services". Returning
to Kenyon College in 1864, he completed his course there,
graduating in 1866. He attended the Harvard Law School,
from 1866 to 1869, graduating with the degree of LL.B. and
soon after was admitted to the bar. He took up the practice
of his profession in New York City, being associated with the
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firm of Alexander and Green, and later admitted to partner-
ship in this firm and at the time of his death was the senior
member of it. He died Sept. 17, 191 1, at Rumsen, N. J., of
pneumonia, in the 67th year of his age. He was buried at
Princeton, N. J. He received the degree of LL.D. from the
University of Kansas in 1890 and from Lafayette College in
1893. He was a trustee of Princeton University from 1892 to
1906 and a director of Princeton Seminary from 1897 until
his death. He was also director of many commercial corpor-
ations — among them, the Wells Fargo Co.; the International
Banking Corporation; the American Surety Co.; the Mercan-
tile Trust Co., and the Sun Insurance Office of England. He
was for a time a trustee of Kenyon College, his alma mater.
He was an elder of the Fifth Avenue Church, New York City,
for many years and was a member of the New York Bar
Association, and of the Presbyterian Social Union of N. Y.
He was chairman of the Army and Navy Christian Commis-
sion of the Y. M. C. A. during the Spanish-American War.
He was the chief counsel of the prosecuting committee of the
Presbytery of New York, in the trial of Prof. C. A. Briggs for
heresy in 1892. He published the "Appeal in the Briggs
Heresy Case" in 1893. He was appointed receiver for the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R. in 1894 and was chief
counsel and director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
for many years. He was a member of the following social
clubs in New York City: the Union League, the Union Club,
the New York Athletic Club, the Republican Club, the Har-
vard Club and the Loyal Legion, and was also a member of the
Somerset Club of Boston and the Metropolitan Club of Wash-
ington.
He was married Feb. 17, 1876, in New York City, to Jan-
etta Alexander, a granddaughter of Prof. Archibald Alex-
ander, of Princeton Seminary, and is survived by his wife and
four daughters.
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TRUSTEE
NATHANIEL TOOEEE,
Son of Nathaniel and Jane (Ammerman) Tooker, was born
July 20, 1833, in Middle Hope, N. Y. He attended the Middle
Hope school for a few years, entering early in life upon a
business career. He was in the china business in New York
City for a number of years and after that for several years in
the oil business, chiefly in the neighborhood of Titusville, Pa.
From 1872 until his death he was engaged in the sugar manu-
facturing and refining business. At the time of his death he
was president of the Cuban-American Sugar Co. He lived for
many years in East Orange, N. J., and was an elder in the
Central Presbyterian Church of that place. He had planned a
trip to China with his family and seemed in excellent health
when he died suddenly of apoplexy on the Staten Island Ferry
slip, June 7, 191 1, in the 78th year of his age. He was
buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery of Middle Hope, N. Y.
Mr. Tooker was a trustee of Princeton Seminary from 1899
until his death at which time he was chairman of its Commit-
tee on Finance. He was first Vice President of the Chaparra
Sugar Co.; of the Mercedita Sugar Co., and of the Tinguaro
Sugar Co. He was a director of the West India Land and
Trading Co.
He was twice married: (1) Oct. 4, 1864, in Hartford,
Conn., to Anna Christina Danforth, who died May 29, 1879 ;
(2) June 27, 1883, in Yonkers, N. Y., to Sarah Jane Brown,
who died June 23, 1896. One son and two daughters by his
first wife, and one son and one daughter by his second sur-
vive him.
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ALUMNI
CALEB COOK BALDWIN, D.D.,
Son of Eleazar and Jemima (Matthews) Baldwin, was born
April 1, 1820, in Bloomfield, N. J. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of West Notting-
ham, Md., at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the BlOomfield Academy, N. J., and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1841. He then engaged in
teaching for three years in the State Academy, West Notting-
ham, Md. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1844, tak-
ing a full three years' course, and graduating in 1847. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Newark (N.S.) April 21,
1847, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, May
25, 1847, having devoted himself to the work of foreign mis-
sions. He left Bloomfield for Foochow, China, in November
1847, arriving at that place in May of the following year. He
engaged in missionary work under the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions as teacher, preacher,
pastor, editor, etc., in Foochow until 1895, a period of forty-
seven years. Returning to this country in the latter year, he
took up his residence in East Orange, N. J., until 1898, and
after this resided in Glen Ridge, N. J., until his death, which oc-
curred July 19, 191 1, in East Orange, of old age, in his 92nd
year. He was buried in the cemetery at Bloomfield, N. J. He
received the degree of D.D. from Princeton University in 1871.
Dr. Baldwin published an Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese
Language in the Foochow Dialect, in 1870; a Manual of the
Foochow Dialect in 187 1 ; a translation (with others) of the
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Bible and a revision of the same in 1891, and an abridged trans-
lation of Sheffield's Universal History, and Lessons in Astron-
omy (in connection with Dr. Sites of the M. E. Mission) as
well as miscellaneous tracts and booklets.
He was married Sept. 28, 1847, m Bloomfield, N. J., to
Harriet Fairchild, who died July 29, 1896. One son and
three daughters survive him.
JAMES ROSS RAMSAY,
Son of Robert and Jane (Whiteford) Ramsay, was born April
9, 1822, in Harford County, Md. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Chanceford, Pa.,
at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the York County Academy, of York, Pa., and he grad-
uated from Jefferson College in 1846. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1849. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Donegal, Oct. 4, 1848, and ordained an evan-
gelist by the same Presbytery June 20, 1849. He labored first
as a missionary among the Creek Indians and was stated supply
of the Creek agency at Kowetah, from 1849 to 1852. During
the next year he engaged in teaching. From 1853 to 1855 he
was principal of a school in Lancaster County, Pa. He then
engaged in missionary work among the Seminole Indians.'
From 1856 to i860 he supplied the Oak Ridge Church at
Mekko, Ark. He was stated supply and teacher at Salem and
Falls City, Neb., from October 1864 to November 1866. He
engaged in teaching among the Seminole Indians from 1867 to
1873 and again from 1877 to 1891. From 1867 to 1873 he
was stated supply of the Seminole church at Wewoka, Indian
Territory, and again from 1874 to 189 1. He was honorably
retired in 1895. He resided in Delta, Pa., after giving up ac-
tive work, until 1894. For two years after this he did some
missionary work in Wewoka, Indian Territory. He again
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took up his residence at Delta, Pa., in 1896, remaining there
until 1906 when he moved to Bridgeton, N. J. In 1910 he en-
tered the Merriam Home at Newton, N. J., where he resided
until his death, which occurred June 10, 191 1, in the Merriam
Home, of old age, in his ninetieth year. He was buried at
Newton, N. J.
He was married three times: (1) May 29, 1849, in Ash-
land County, O., to Martha Jane Livingston, who died May
30, 1853; (2) July 24, 1856, at the Oak Ridge Mission, Ind.
Ter., to Eliza Jane Lilley, who died Oct. 21, 1873; (3) April
6, 1875, in Highland, Kan., to Mary Lois Diament, who with
one son and one daughter by his second wife survives him.
HENKY LINKER,
Son of Peter and Catherine (Dotter) Rinker, was born April
5, 1825, in Chestnut Hill, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under Nathan M. Owen and
Samuel Strong, and he graduated from Princeton University
in 1847. During the next year he engaged in teaching as an
assistant to Dr. Samuel Miller in Mt. Holly, N. J. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in 1848, he remained there two years.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Feb.
5, 1 85 1, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Al-
bany, Feb. 15, 1853. He engaged in missionary work under the
care of the Presbytery of Albany from 1852 to 1854 and as
6tated supply and teacher at Windsor, N. Y., from 1854 to 1856.
He was stated supply of the church at Burdett, N. Y., 1857-59,
and labored as pastor and teacher in Wyoming, Pa., from Dec.
18, 1859, to Feb. 6, 1 861. He was principal of Newton Col-
legiate Institute, N. J., from April 1861 to March 1863, when
ill health interrupted his work for a time. In 1865 he became
chaplain of the 86th N. Y. Volunteers and was mus-
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tered out with regiment July 5, 1865. At this time his health
prevented his taking up the work of the ministry and he re-
sided in Newton, N. J., from 1865 to 1875, as a book agent.
Resuming the ministry he was pastor of the church at Dickin-
son, Pa., from April 1875 to April 1882, when he gave up
active work. He resided in Plainfield, Pa., from 1884 to 1895,
and in Carlisle, Pa., from that time until his death, which
occurred May 14, 1910, in Carlisle, of old age, in his 86th
year. He was buried at Carlisle.
He was twice married: (1) March 28, 1850, in Baltimore,
Md., to Mary A. Haight, who died Sept. 24, 1879, (2) June
28, 1 88 1, in Dickinson, Pa., to Mary Weakley, who died Jan.
8, 1906. One daughter by his first wife and three by his
second survive him.
ROBERT ANCRUM CRISWELL,
Son of John and Rebecca (Kilgore) Criswell, was born May
15, 1820, in Bellair, O. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of West Alexander, Pa.,
at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the West Alexander Academy, and he graduated from
Washington College, Pa., in 1849. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course, graduating in 1852. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1852, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Sangamon, Nov. 10, 1853, being at the same
time installed pastor of the North Sangamon church, 111.,
from which he was released April 15, 1867. After this he
was stated supply of the following churches : Corel, 111.,
1868-73; Farmer's City, 111., 1871-75; Gibson City, 111.,
1872-76, and Grandview, 111., with his residence at Nor-
mal, 1 87 1 -8 1. He then engaged in missionary work in Willa-
mina, Ore., for a year. Returning to Illinois, he was stated
supply of the Cooksville and Mackinaw churches, from 1883
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to 1888, and of the Colfax and Mackinaw churches, from 1888
to 1890. At this time his advancing years required him to give
up the active work of the ministry, and he resided in Normal,
111., until his death, which occurred there, March 12, 1912, of
the infirmities of age, within three months of the completion
of his 92nd year. He was buried in Bloomington, 111.
He was married June 29, 1852, in Ohio County, W. Va..
to Elisabeth Irwin Carson, who with two sons and seven
daughters survives him.
JAMBS ALEXANDER PAIGE,
Son of Benjamin and Thankful Mary Ann (Magoon) Paige,
was born Oct. 6, 1823, in Ware Village, Mass. He made a
public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church
of Springfield, O., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Springfield, under Professor Chandler
Robbins, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1849.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the same year, he re-
mained nearly three years, being obliged to leave early in
1852 on account of the failure of his sight. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Philadelphia (O. S.) Jan. 6, 1852, and
then engaged in missionary work in Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Missouri. He was ordained by the Presbytery of St.
Louis (O. S.) Nov. 11, 1855, being at the same time installed
pastor of the Park Avenue Church, St. Louis, from which he
was released in October 1861. From 1857 to 1859 he was ed-
itor of the St. Louis Presbyterian. During the civil war he
was a chaplain in the United States Army from 1862 to 1865.
From 1865 to 1866 he engaged in home missionary work for
the Synod of Missouri with his residence at St. Louis. He
was pastor of Calvary Church, Springfield, Mo., from January
1866 to October 1871, and served the Westminster Church of
Quincy, 111., as pastor elect from 1871 to 1873. He was pastor
at Rushville, 111., 1873-80; at Nashville, 111., 1880-83; stated
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supply at Shakopee, Minn., 1883-85 and at Carlton, Minn.,
1886-1902. After this he resided at Minneapolis, Minn., until
his death, which occurred there March 19, 1912, of pneumonia,
in the 89th year of his age. He was buried in the Lakewood
Cemetery at Minneapolis. In 1902 he had a paralytic stroke.
He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Duluth at one time.
He was married Jan. 31, 1854, in Castleton, Vt, to Caroline
Howe, who died Aug. 4, 1900. Two sons and one daughter
survive him.
GEORGE MANCIUS SMEDES BLAUVELT,
Son of the Rev. Dr. William Warren and Anna Maria (Hut-
ton) Blauvelt, was born Dec. 8, 1832, in Lamington, N. J. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Lamington, at the age of fourteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Morristown, N. J., and at Lam-
ington under his father. He graduated from New York Uni-
versity in 1850. Entering the Seminary in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1853. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabeth-
town, April 20, 1853, an d ordained by the Presbytery of Pas-
saic, Sept. 21, 1853, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church at Chester, X. J. He was released from this
charge Oct. 22, 1856. He was pastor of the church at Racine,
Wis., from December 1856 to January 1859; of the church at
Lyons Farms, N. J., from Nov. 2, 1859, to Jan. 26, 1864; of
the Reformed Dutch church at Tappan, N. Y., from February
1864 to November 1882; of the Reformed Dutch church at
Easton, Pa., from November 1882 to April 1888, and of the
Reformed Dutch church at Franklin Park, N. J., from Octo-
ber 1889 to April 190 1. After this he took up his residence in
Roselle, N. J. He spent most of the time from November
1906 until his death, in Washington, D. C. He died July 5,
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191 1, in Roselle, of a complication of diseases, in the 79th
year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery of the Re-
formed Dutch church at Tappan, N. Y.
He was twice married: (1) September 1859, in Brooklyn,
N. Y., to Sarah A. Holmes, who died June 11, 1864; (2)
Sept. 11, 1866, in Chester, N. J., to Jane Eliza Hedges, who
with one son and three daughters survives him.
WILLIAM WALTON SICKELS,
Son of the Rev. William and Alma Cleopatra (Coe) Sickels,
was born June 19, 1831, in Indianapolis, Ind. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church
of Indianapolis, at he age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Indianapolis, under James Kemper and J. P.
Safford, and he graduated from Hanover College, Ind., in 1850.
He then engaged in teaching for a year in Indianapolis. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1851, he took the full
course there, lacking about six weeks. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 27, 1853, and or-
dained an evangelist by the Presbytery of New Albany (O. S.),
Jan. 30, 1855. During 1854 he engaged in missionary work in
Illinois. He was stated supply of the following churches in
Indiana: Bedford, from October 1854 to November 1858;
Knightstown and Greenfield, 1858-59; Shiloh, 1861-65; the
Seventh Church, Indianapolis, from October 1865 to April
1866. During the next three years he resided in Indianapolis
without charge. He then supplied the Fourth Church, In-
dianapolis, from January to June 1870. From 1872 to 1877
he engaged in business as an insurance agent in Indianapolis,
in which city he resided from 1864 until his death, which oc-
curred Nov. 11, 191 1, in Indianapolis, of inanition, in the 81st
year of his age. He was buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery
of Indianapolis. He published several pamphlets.
He was married Dec. 18, 1856, in Rushville, Ind., to Sophia
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Stevens Pugh, who with two sons and three daughters sur-
vives him.
JOHN NEWTON YOUNG,
Son of Arthur Galbraith and Elizabeth Sharp (McChesney)
Young, was born June 12, 1828, in Hawkins County, Tenn.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Lexington, Mo., at the age of thirteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the common schools of Lex-
ington and in private study, and he graduated from Jefferson
College, Pa. in 1852. He took the first year of his theological
course, 1852-53, in the New Albany Theological Seminary
and entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1853, remained one
year. He completed his course in the Danville Theological
Seminary, from which he graduated in 1855. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Transylvania, Oct. 7, 1854, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Upper Missouri, Nov. 16,
1856. He was stated supply of the church at Albany, Mo.,
1856-66; of the church at Union, Mo., 1858-66; engaged in
teaching in Albany, Mo., 1860-61 ; was enrolling officer for the
army of the union, in 1861 ; was a member of the senate of the
state of Missouri, 1865-67 ; was stated supply of the church at
Fillmore, 1866-71 ; stated supply of the church at Salem, Neb.,
1873-74; was pastor of the churches at Clinton and Marion,
Kan., 1875-78; stated supply of the church at Neosho, Mo.,
1880-81 ; stated supply of the churches at Altamont, Mound
Valley and Ripon, Kan., 1882-84; stated supply of the churches
at Elk City, Spring Dale and Mount Hope, Kan., 1884-85;
stated supply of the church at Graham, Mo., in 1888; stated
supply of the church at Mizpah, Mo., 1889-90 and labored as
an evangelist in Mound City, Mo., 1891-95. After this he
resided in Springfield, Mo., from 1905 until 1907, and then in
Eureka Springs, Ark., until his death, which occurred Jan.
10, 1912, in Eureka Springs, of paralysis, in the 84th year of
his age. He was buried at Eureka Springs, Ark.
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He was married Sept. 9, 1856, in Lafayette County, Mo.,
to Jane Patterson, who died July 5, 1910. Two sons and three
daughters survive him. One of his sons is the Rev. Arthur
T. Young, of the class of '94 of the Seminary.
JOSEPH FOWLER JENNISON,
Son of William and Marie Antoinette (Fowler) Jennison,
was born Aug. 13, 1830, in Baton Rouge, La. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian
Church of Princeton, N. J., at the age of twenty-one. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in McEwansville, Pa., under the
Rev. Samuel S. Sheddan, D.D., and at Danville, Pa. under
the Rev. Winfield S. Parsons, and he graduated from Prince-
ton University in 1852. During the next year he studied civil
engineering at Harvard University. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in 1853, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1856, and then remained as a graduate student
until the Spring of 1857. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Elizabethtown, May 19, 1856, and ordained by the Pres-
bytery of Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1857. He was pastor of the
church at Phoenixville, Pa., from Nov. 4, 1857, to July 25,
1859; stated supply of the church at Vincennes, Ind.,
1859-61 ; pastor of the church at Pontiac, Mich., from Nov.
20, 1861, to Aug. 10, 1864, and served as chaplain in the 203d
Pennsylvania Volunteers from 1864 to 1865. At the close of
the war he returned to the pastorate and was pastor of the
church at Holmesburg, Pa., from Nov. 14, 1866, to Oct. 6,
1869; stated supply of the Congregational church at Canton,
Mass., 1871-73; engaged in missionary work at Frank-
ford, Pa., 1875-76; was stated supply of the Lafayette
Square Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md. 1878-79;
engaged in missionary work which resulted in the founding
of the Paradise Church of Catonsville, Md., in 1879, an ^ was
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pastor of this church from June 12, 1881, to June 25, 1905,
when he was made pastor emeritus. After this he resided in
Baltimore, Md. until his death, which occurred there June
23, 191 1, of the infirmities of age, in his 81st year. He was
buried in the London Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. He
was at one time moderator of the Presbytery of Baltimore,
was several times a commissioner to the General Assembly,
and was chaplain of the Maryland Hospital for the Insane.
He visited the Holy Land, Constantinople and Athens in 1905.
He published in 1891 "Deaconesses in the Primitive and
Later Church" and in 1907 "The Superintendency in the Early
Scotch Church".
He was married June 16, 1868, in Holmesburg, Pa., to
Elizabeth Josephine Renton, who with one son and three
daughters survives him.
DANIEL McGILVARY, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Malcolm and Catharine (Mclver) McGilvary, was
born May 16, 1828, in Monroe County, N. C. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Buffalo Presbyterian
Church of Moore County, at the age of fourteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Bingham School, then
at Oaks, now at Asheville, N. C, and at the Phillips Academy
of the South. He did not go to college but studied privately.
He taught four years in the Pittsborough Academy, N. C, and
was a ruling elder in Pittsborough Church for nearly four
years. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1853, taking
the full three years' course there and graduated in 1856. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Orange (O.S.) June 9,
1856, and ordained as an evangelist by the same Presbytery
Dec. 13, 1857, having devoted himself to the work of foreign
missions. His whole life was spent as a missionary in Siam.
He labored in Bangkok, Siam, from June 1858 to June 1861 ;
in Petchaburi, Siam, from June 1861 to January 1867 and then
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at Chieng Mai, from April 1867 until his death, which oc-
curred Aug. 22, 191 1, at Cheing Mai, of an intestinal trouble,
accompanied by a slight stroke of apoplexy, in the 84th year
of his age. He was buried in Chieng Mai, Siam. He received
the degree of D.D. from the University of North Carolina in
1880, and the degree of LL.D. from Davidson College in 1906.
Dr. McGilvary was the apostle to the Laos and practically
everyone of the stations of the mission in that country were
opened by him and the people looked upon him as their father,
guide and teacher. The many churches, schools and hospitals
which now mark the work of the Laos mission are due in no
small degree to his labors. He translated Ezekiel and Jonah
from the Hebrew to the Siamese and in connection with his
wife the three Epistles of John and the Epistle of Jude from
Greek into Siamese and also the Gospel of Matthew from
Greek into Laos. He was a commissioner to the General As-
sembly in 1894.
He was married Dec. 6, i860, in Bangkok, Siam, to Sophia
Royce Bradley, who with two sons and three daughters sur-
vives him.
JONATHAN WILSON, D.D.,
Son of Samuel and Susannah (Thorns) Wilson, was born
March 24, 1830, in Beaver County, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church,
Pa., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued at home, under the Rev. Samuel Hair and the Rev. John
W. Hazlett and at the Hookstown Academy, Pa., and he grad-
uated from Jefferson College in 1851. He spent the next two
years as an assistant teacher in the Blair Hall, Faggs Manor,
Pa. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1853, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1856. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Beaver (now Shenango) June
26, 1856, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presby-
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tery Sept. 9, 1856. From November 1856 to July 1857, he
was a missionary teacher in the Spencer Academy, Choctaw
Nation Reservation. Having decided to become a foreign
missionary he went to Siam and was a missionary at Bang-
kok, from 1858 to 1865. He spent the following year in the
United States. Returning to Siam he labored from 1866 to
1867 in Bangkok. He then went to Chieng Mai, Laos, which
he made the centre of his missionary work from 1868 to 1876.
The year following was spent in the United States. From 1878
to 1886 he labored in Bangkok. He then went again to
Chieng Mai where he labored among the Laos for a time.
He transferred his work to Lampang, Laos, in 1889, remain-
ing there until 1891, and after that he labored in Lakawn,
Laos, until his death, which occurred June 3, 191 1, in Lakawn,
of cancer, in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in the
native Christian burying ground at Lakawn, Laos. He re-
ceived the degree of D.D. from Washington and Jefferson
College in 1898. Dr. Wilson published the Psalms, translated
from Hebrew into Laos in 1894; Genesis in 1898, and Isaiah in
1906. From 1892 to 1902 he wrote over 800 hymns in the
Laos language. He published in 1895 a small book containing
200 hymns. In 1902 he published a Laos tune book and a new
edition of the Laos hymnal.
He was twice married: (1) Aug. 6, 1857, in Sidney, O., to
Maria Wilkin, who died July 10, i860; (2) Sept. 4, 1865, in
McKeesport, Pa., to Kate McClure, who died March 5, 1885.
One son and two daughters by his second wife survive him.
GEORGE ROLLICK,
Son of James and Elena (Kinkley) Roddick, was born Jan. 31,
1833, at Caribou, Pictou County, N. S., Can. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
West River, N. S.', at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the West River Grammar School,
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and he graduated from the West River Seminary, Nova Scotia,
in 1850. He then spent three years in the West River Theo-
logical Seminary. He engaged in teaching in the Grammar
School of Merigomish, N. S., from May 1855 to September
1856. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the latter year,
he remained one year. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Pictou, N. S., May 5, 1857 and ordained by the same
Presbytery May 11, 1858, being at the same time installed
pastor of the West River Church, Durham, N. S., from which
he was released Dec. 31, 1878. After this he engaged in mis-
sionary work in Brandon and surrounding districts, Manitoba,
Can., from 1879 to 1905. During this time he had no settled
charge, but became a farmer, preaching as opportunity offered.
Returning to the East he resided in Pictou, Can., for four years
prior to his death, which occurred Feb. 17, 1910, in Pictou,
of heart disease and paralysis, soon after the completion of
his 77th year. He was buried at Brandon Hills, Manitoba,
Can.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 28, 1859, in West River,
N. S., to Elizabeth Roddick, who died April 13, 1895; (2)
December 1905, in Pictou, N. S., to Mrs. Margaret Stewart
Logan, who with four sons and three daughters by his first
wife survives him.
JAMES ROBINSON SCOTT,
Son of Archibald and Ann (Robinson) Scott, was born March
3, 1832, in Shelby County, Ky. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Olivet, Ky., at the
age of ten. His preparatory studies were pursued in Shelby-
ville, Ky., in a private school taught by Samuel Namacks, and
he graduated from Centre College, Ky., in 1853. He spent the
next year in teaching in a private school in Shelby County,
Ky. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1854, remain-
ing one year. His health did not permit his entering upon the
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work of the ministry. He became a farmer residing in Shelby-
County, Ky., from 1855 to 1857, and in Champaign, 111., from
1857 until his death, which occurred Nov. 23, 191 1, in Cham-
paign, 111., of paralysis, in the 80th year of his age. He was
buried at Champaign. He was a member of the Illinois State
Board of Agriculture for twenty years and its president for
four years, and was a trustee of the Illinois State University
for six years. He was mayor of Champaign, 111. for two years.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 28, i860, in Shelby
County, Ky., to Lizzie Ann King, who died Sept. 8, 1875;
(2) Dec. 15, 1881, in Champaign, 111., to Lou Emma King, who
with four sons and one daughter by his first wife and one
son and one daughter by his second survives him.
NATHANIEL McCONAUGHY,
Son of Robert and Rebecca (Xesbit) McConaughy, was born
Oct. 11, 1825, near Blairville, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Xew Salem,
Pa., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Blairsville Academy, Pa., and in the Twinsburg
Institute, O., and he graduated from the Western Reserve
College (now Adelbert College) in 1852. After his gradu-
ation he studied and practiced civil engineering for two years,
and then taught for a year and a half in Winchester, Tenn.
He took the first two years of his theological course in Union
Theological Seminary, Xew York. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1857 he completed his course and graduated in
1858. He was licensed by the Presbytery of X T ew Brunswick,
April 14, 1858, and ordained by the Presbytery of West Jersey,
June 12. i860. He supplied the church at Milleville, X T . J.,
from August 1858 until installed its pastor at the time of his
ordination, and was released from this charge June 19, 1866.
He then supplied the church at Swedesboro, N. J., from June
1866 to August 1868, and the church at Elwood, N. J., from
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August 1868 to May 1872. At this time ill health compelled
him to abandon the work of the ministry. He took up again
the work of civil engineering, residing in Somerville, N. J.,
from 1872 to 1899, and thereafter in New York City. He died
Dec. 4, 191 1, in New York, in the 87th year of his age. He
was buried at Somerville, N. J. He was chief engineer of the
N. Y. and Phila. R.R. Co., 1873-74; of the People's Freight
R.R. Co., 1874-77; of the Pittsburgh Southern R.R. Co., 1879-
80; of a new line from New York to Pittsburgh, surveyed
in 1881, and was engineer of the Department of Public Works
of New York City from 1883 until his death. His health had
been seriously disabled by a series of recurrent attacks of
scarlet fever when he was a little over forty-five years of age.
He was married June 14, 1858, in New York City, to Julia
Eliza Loomis, who died Aug. 29, 1885. Two sons and two
daughters survive him.
CALVIN WILFRED STEWART, D.D.,
Son of William and Mary (Cross) Stewart, was born July 4,
1830, in Lower Chanceford, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the College Church at Canonsburgh, Pa.,
at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Chanceford Academy, Pa., and he graduated from
Jefferson College in 1854. He was principal of the High
School at Columbia, Pa., during the following year. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1855, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1858. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Donegal, in April 1857 and ordained by the
same Presbytery June 24, 1858, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of Union Church of Coleraine, Pa., from which
he was released in October 1890. From 1891 to 1898 he was
president of Whitworth College, Tacoma, Wash., and from
1893 to 1897 he supplied the church at Kent, Wash. After
resigning from the presidency of Whitworth College he be-
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came its financial secretary from 1898 to 1902. He continued
his residence in Tacoma, Wash, from this time until his death,
which occurred Oct. 24, 191 1, of acute indigestion, in Tacoma,
in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in Tacoma. He
received the degree of D.D. from Washington and Jefferson
College in 1877. He was moderator of the Synod of Philadel-
phia in 1869 and of the Synod of Pennsylvania in 1886. He
was trustee of Lincoln University, from 1874 to 1891, and was
a charter trustee of the York Collegiate Institute, resign-
ing in 1890. He was nine times commissioner to the General
Assembly from the Presbytery of Westminster, and once from
the Presbytery of Puget Sound and once from the Presby-
tery of Olympia. He was a delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian
Council at Edinburgh in 1877.
He was married Dec. 1, 1859, in Slateville, Pa., to Sarah
J. E. Crawford, who with four sons and two daughters sur-
vives him.
JAMES BAILIE ADAMS,
Son of John Thompson and Rebecca (Bailie) Adams, was
born Oct. 25, 1832, in Boston, Mass. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hanover,
Ind., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the preparatory department of Hanover College,
and he graduated from that institution in 1856. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1859. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Madison (O. S.) May 2"j,
1858. Before his ordination he supplied the following
churches: Lancaster and Dupont, Ind., from September 1859
to September i860; May's Landing and Tuckahoe, N. J., from
October i860 to October 1862; Hubbard, Liberty and Brook-
field, O., from June 1863 to June 1864. He was ordained by
the Presbytery of Albany Oct. 25, 1865, being at the same time
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installed pastor of the church at Guilderland, N. Y., which he
had been supplying since January of the same year. He was
released from this charge Sept. 30, 1868. He was then pastor
of the Second Church, Amwell, N. J., from October 1868 until
February 1873, and of the Georgetown and Cool Spring
Churches, Del., from April 1873 until March 1880. After this
he supplied the churches of Portland and Upper Mt. Bethel,
Pa., from March 1880 to March 1886; the churches of Atco
and Waterford, N. J., from November 1886 to October 1889;
the church of Tamaqua, Pa., as pastor elect, from 1889 to
1890; the Crisp Memorial Church of Brooklyn, Md., from
October 1890 to October 1892, and the church at Elwood,
N. J., from January 1893 to December 1900. At this time
his advancing years compelled him to give up active pastoral
work. He was honorably retired in October 1902, and con-
tinued his residence in Elwood until his death there, Nov. 12,
191 1, of old age, in his 80th year. He was buried in King-
ston, N. J.
He was married Feb. 27, 1861, in Mapleton, N. J., to
Margaret M. Blackwell, who died Dec. 26, 1907. One daughter
survives him.
PHILIP SCOTT CAFFBEY,
Son of Edward and Lois (Crocker) Caffrey, was born July
20, 1830, in Bethel, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N.
J., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Morris Boarding School and in the Wesleyan
School of Newark, N. J., and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1854. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, remaining one year and then en-
gaged in teaching for a year in the Presbyterial Academy of
Metuchen, N. J. He returned to the Seminary in 1857 to
complete his theological course, and graduated in 1859. He
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was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 14,
1858 and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Oregon
Sept. 8, i860. He was stated supply of the First Church of
Portland, Ore., from May 1861 to January 1867. After this
he was obliged to give up the work of the ministry on account
of his health. He engaged in farming with his residence at
Partlow, Va., from 1868 until his death, which occurred Oct.
11, 1900, near Partlow, of blood poisoning, in the 71st year
of his age. He was buried near Partlow.
He was married May 14, 1855, in Princeton, N. J., to
Sarah Baker, who died Nov. 25, 1903. Four sons and four
daughters survived him.
ROBERT MAYNE PATTERSON, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of John and Margaret (Mayne) Patterson, was born July
17, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Ninth St. Presbyterian Church of Phila-
delphia, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the public schools of Philadelphia, and he
graduated with first honors from the Central High School of
Philadelphia in 1849. While in the High School he studied
stenography, which he afterwards practiced with much suc-
cess. For five years he was official reporter for the United
States Senate, 1850-1855. He studied law for a considerable
time in the office of Isaac Hazlehurst of Philadelphia. Upon
deciding to enter the ministry, he entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1856, taking the full three years' course there, and
graduating in 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia July 7, 1858, and ordained by the same Presbytery
Aug. 25, 1859, being at the same time installed pastor of the
Great Valley Church, Pa., from which he was released June
24, 1867. He was pastor of the South Church, Philadelphia,
from Oct. 31, 1867 to Jan. 3, 1881. From 1881 to 1892 he
was editor of the Presbyterian Journal of Philadelphia. In
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1882 he began serving the Great Valley Church the second
time as pastor elect and was installed its pastor June 18, 1885.
This relation continued until Sept. 25, 1906 when he retired
from the active labor and was made pastor emeritus. He re-
sided in Malvern, Pa. after this until his death, which oc-
curred April 5, 191 1, in the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadel-
phia, of arterial sclerosis, in the 79th year of his age. He was
buried in the Great Valley Church Cemetery. He received the
degree of D.D. from Princeton University in 1879 and that of
LL.D. from Lafayette College in 1887. Dr. Patterson was a
commissioner to ten General Assemblies. He was a member
of the conference in London in 1875 which formed "The Al-
liance of the Presbyterian Churches of the World", in which
he later took a prominent part. He was delegate of the Gen-
eral Assembly to the Presbyterian Council in Belfast in 1884,
and was moderator of the Synod of Pennsylvania in 1890. He
was also president of his Seminary class. Dr. Patterson was
a prolific writer. He edited the proceedings of the Second
General Council of the Presbyterian Alliance in 1880 in con-
junction with the Rev. John P. Dales. He published a num-
ber of volumes among them being: "Paradise, or the State
and Place of Saved Souls between Death and the Resurrec-
tion" ; "Visions of Heaven for the Life on Earth" ; "Elijah the
favored Man"; "History of the Great Valley Church", and
"American Presbyterianism", besides sermons and addresses.
He was also a frequent writer for the magazines and reviews.
He was married twice: (1) May 30, 1861, in Milroy, Pa.,
to Margaret Baxter Maclay Nourse, who died Dec. 16, 1862;
(2) May 9, 1867, in Philadelphia, to Rebecca Thomas Malin,
who died in 1906.
JOHN McMURRAY,
Son of' John and Elisabeth (Kerfoot) McMurray, was born
Feb. 24, 1829, in New Concord, O. He made a public con-
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fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Norwich,
C, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the common schools of New Concord, O., and he
graduated from Hanover College in 1857. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course, graduating in i860. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18, i860, and
ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Brazos, April 5,
1861. He was stated supply at Chapell Hill, Tex., from De-
cember i860 to December 1861 ; stated supply at San Antonio,
Tex., 1862-63 ; stated supply and teacher at Columbus, Tex.,
1864-65 ; teacher of the Mt. City Seminary and stated supply
at Lockhart, Tex., from January to December 1868; stated
supply and principal of a school at Georgetown, Tex., 1867-
75; principal of the Parson's Female Seminary, 1876-78;
stated supply at Taylor, Tex., 1879-82, and principal of the
Taylor Academy, 1879-86; stated supply at Springtown, Tex.
in 1887; stated supply at Baird and Windham, Tex., 1888-89;
stated supply of the Cisco, Breckinridge and Clear Fork
churches, Tex., 1890-91. He resided in Cisco, Tex., from 1889
to 1910, and after that in Georgetown, Tex., until his death,
which occurred Jan. 25, 1912, in Georgetown, of Bright's
disease, in the 83rd year of his age. He was buried at Tay-
lor, Tex. He was one of three ministers who organized the
Presbytery of Austin from which has grown the Synod of
Texas. He was at one time stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Austin, and of the Presbytery of Trinity. He was a commis-
sioner to the General Assembly at Detroit in 1891.
He was married July 3, 1867, in Georgetown, Tex., to
Elisabeth Clamp, who died June 17, 1880. Two sons and one
daughter survive him.
DAVID HENEY MITCHELL,
Son of Armstrong and Jane (McGaughey) Mitchell, was bom
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March 16, 1832, in Hoboken, N. J. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Congregational church at Platts-
ville, Wis., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Plattsville Academy, and he graduated
from Princeton University in 1857. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in i860. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Nassau, Oct. 13, 1858 and ordained by the
Presbytery of Cedar Rapids, Nov. 21, i860, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Cedar Rapids, la., from
which he was released Sept. 11, 1862. He then served as
chaplain in the United States Army for three years. He was
stated supply of the church at Kirkwood, Mo., from January
1866 to January 1867; pastor of the church at Oskaloosa, la.,
from November 1867 to April 1870, and stated supply at
Georgetown, Col., from November 1870 to April 1874. After
this he resided in Georgetown from 1875 to 1878, in Burling-
ton, la., from 1879 to 1881, in Jacksonville, 111., from 1882 to
1886 and in Chicago from 1887 until shortly before his death,
which occurred June 2, 1910, in Denver, Col., in the 78th year
of his age. He had been engaged in business during the later
years of his life.
He was married May 10, i860, in St. Louis, Mo., to Agnes
Elvira Covell. Two daughters survive him.
NEWELL SAMUEL LOWRIE,
Son of Samuel Woods and Helen (Cole) Lowrie, was born
Jan. 27, 1832, in Montour County, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Canons-
burg, Pa., at the age of twenty-six. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the McEwensville Academy, under the Rev.
Dr. S. S. Sheddan, and later under Prof. Low Rynearson, and
he graduated from Jefferson College in 1858. He took the
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first two years of his theological course in the Western Theo-
logical Seminary, entering the Seminary at Princeton in i860,
where he completed his course, graduating in 1861. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Saltsburg, April 25, i860, and
ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Erie, Oct. 22,
1862. He supplied the church at Conneautville, Pa., from
April 1861 until installed its pastor at the time of his ordina-
tion, and was released from this charge June 23, 1868. He
was pastor of the church at Gorham, N. Y., from July 1,
1868 to June 10. 1886; stated supply of the Congregational
church at Reeds Corners, N. Y., from 1868 to 1879. After
this he engaged in home missionary work in Holt County,
Xeb., for several years. His last active work was as stated
supply of the Presbyterian church of O'Xeill and as stated
supply of other churches in Nebraska, from 1887 to 1900.
At this time he was honorably retired and resided in Lincoln,
Xeb., until his death, which occurred Jan. 27, 1912, in Lin-
coln, of cerebral hemorrhage, exactly upon the completion of
his 80th year. He was buried in the Wyuka Cemetery at
Lincoln, Xeb. He was commissioner to the General Assembly
in 1867, 1871, 1881, and 1891, and was moderator of the
Synod of Nebraska in 1896. He published war sermons dur-
ing the Civil War.
He was married Aug. 22, 1861, in Geneva, N T . Y., to Mary
Lucetta Page, who with three sons and four daughters sur-
vives him.
SAMU2L B TAGGART,
Son of John and Jane Mary (McCool) Taggart, was born
March 31. 1833, in Canonsburg, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Old Side Convenanter Church at
Miller's Run, Pa., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the preparatory department of Jeffer-
son College from which he graduated in 1856. He then spent
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two years in the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
at Allegheny, Pa. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1858, he completed his course there, graduating in 1861. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18,
i860 and ordained by the Presbytery of Vincennes, Sept. 14,
1862, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Sullivan, Ind., from which he was released in 1864. He was
stated supply of the church at Carlisle, Ind. during the re-
mainder of 1864; pastor of the church of Kansas, 111., 1865-
69; pastor of the church at Brazil, Ind., 1870-73 ; stated supply
of the church at El Paso, 111., 1873-74; stated supply of the
First Church of Bloomington, 111., 1875-77; stated supply of
the church at Upper Alton, 111., 1879-84; stated supply of the
church at New Hagerstown, O. in 1885, and stated supply of
the church at Uhrichsville, O., 1886-88. From this time he
resided at Upper Alton, 111., until his death, which occurred
March 21, 191 1, in Upper Alton, of schlerosis, in the 78th year
of his age. He was buried at Upper Alton.
He was married Feb. 18, 1863, in Sullivan, Ind., to Frances
Rockwell, who with two sons and three daughters survives
him.
FRANCIS MAEION WOOD,
Son of Richard and Bathsheba (Clark) Wood, was born June
23, 1834, in Fairton, N. J. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Galveston, Tex., at the
age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued pri-
vately under the Rev. N. C. Burt, in Springfield, O., in the
Presbyterial Academy of Newton, N. J., and in the Presby-
terial Institute of Philadelphia, Pa., and he graduated from
Princeton University in 1858. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Miami, April 11, i860, and ordained by the same Presbytery,
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Aug. 22, 1862. He supplied the Broadway Church of Cincin-
nati, O., from July to October 1861, and the Bethel Church
of Toledo, O., from October 1861 to May 1862. He was
pastor of the church at New Jersey, O., from Aug. 22, 1862,
to Nov. 2, 1869, and served the church at Clifton, O. as pastor
elect from April 1870 to April 1871. He was pastor at Mar-
shall, Mich., from April 27, 1871 to May 7, 1876; stated sup-
ply of the Howard Street Church, San Francisco, Cal., from
June to September 1876; served the church of Oxford, O.,
as pastor elect from November 1876 to November 1879; was
stated supply of the church at Xenia, O., from September
1880 to April 1883 ; was stated supply of the churches at La
Moure and Grand Rapids, N. D., from April 1883 to April
1884; labored as presbyterial missionary in North Dakota,
from April 1884 to October 1885 and as synodical missionary
in North Dakota, 1885-97, and was stated supply and assistant
superintendent of the Mission Institute of Wellington, South
Africa, from 1897 to 1904, at which time he was honorably
retired from active labor. He resided at Des Moines, la.,
from 1904 to 1909, and in Wooster, O., from 1909 until his
death, which occurred April 11, 191 1, in Wooster, of arterial
sclerosis, in the 77th year of his age. He was buried at
Carlisle, O. He published a number of sermons and the
Presbyterian Magazine from 1853 to 1854. He served in the
Christian Commission during six weeks of the Civil War. He
was moderator of several Presbyteries and one Synod.
He was married Sept. 8, 1862, in Carlisle Station, (now
Carlisle) O., to Martha Jane Van Tuyl, who with two sons
and three daughters survives him. One of his sons is the
Rev. Clinton T. Wood, of the class of '97 of the Seminary.
JAMES McKINNEY ALEXANDER
Son of the Rev. William Patterson and Mary Ann (McKin-
ney) Alexander, was born Jan. 29, 1835, in Waioli, Kanai,
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Hawaiian Is. He made a public confession of his faith in
the missionary church at Honolulu, at the age of fourteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the Punahou School
(now Oahu College) on the Island of Oahu, under the tuition
of the Rev. Daniel Dole, and he graduated from Williams Col-
lege in 1858, being a Phi Beta Kappa honor man. For the next
year he engaged in teaching as Principal of Spencertown
Academy, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1859, remaining only a few weeks. He took the remainder
of the first year of his Seminary course in Union Theological
Seminary, New York. He was licensed in 1862 by the Pres-
bytery of Maui and Molokai, Hawaiian Is., and preached for
one year to the foreigners at Wailuku. He was ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of San Jose, June II, 1865. In
1864 he began preaching at San Leandro, Cal., and organized
a church there which he served as stated supply until 1869,
when he resigned on account of ill health. He supplied the
churches at Centreville and Alvarado, Cal., from 1870 to
1872. Returning to Hawaii he engaged in missionary work
at Makaowao, Maui, from 1872 to 1874. He then spent sev-
eral years in work among the natives and Chinese, organizing
a Hawaiian church at Paia, Maui, and a Chinese church at
the same place. In 1876 he went back to California and took
up his residence in Oakland, preaching occasionally as his
health permitted. He died April 11, 191 1, in Oakland, of acute
indigestion, in the 77th year of his age. He was buried at Oak-
land. He was secretary of the Hawaiian Evangelical Associa-
tion for the Island of Maui, from 1879 to 1880. He published
"Mission Life in Hawaii, a Memoir of the Rev. William P.
Alexander" in 1888 and "Islands of the Pacific" in 1895.
He was married Jan. 15, 1867, in East Oakland, Cal., to
Mary Elizabeth Webster, who with two sons and two daugh-
ters survives him,
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GEORGE ROSS PIERCE,
Son of Justin Moulton and Mary (Trowbridge) Pierce, was
born Jan. 16, 1838, in Homer, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Baptist church of Homer, at the
age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Cortland Academy of Homer, and he graduated from Madison
University (now Colgate) in 1859. He then spent two years
in the Hamilton Theological Seminary, from which he gradu-
ated in 1861. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of this year, remaining only a short time. He was li-
censed by the Baptist church of Homer, N. Y., in 1857, and
ordained by a council of Baptist churches in Mexico, N. Y.,
in the early spring of 1864. He supplied the Baptist church
of Mexico, N. Y. from October 1863 until installed its pastor
in April 1864 and was released from this charge in 1865. He
was pastor of the Baptist church at Fulton, N. Y., 1865-68;
of the Baptist church at Newark, N. Y., 1868-71; of the
Baptist church at Oneida, N. Y., 1872-79, and of the Baptist
church at Evanston, 111., 1879-84. He was pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Terre Haute, Ind., from September
1884 to January 1892. After this he resided at South Evan-
ston, 111., for two years. His last pastoral charge was that of
the Presbyterian church of Belvidere, 111., from 1894 to 1902.
He continued to reside in Belvidere, from this time until his
death, which occurred Sept. 25, 191 1, while on a visit in Buf-
falo, N. Y., of aneurism of the abdominal aorta, in the 74th
year of his age. He was buried at Fulton, N. Y. He was a
commissioner to the General Assembly in 1892.
He was married Oct. 29, 1869, in Fulton, N. Y., to Sarah
Elizabeth Cummings, who survives him.
CHARLES WILLIAM REMINGTON
Son of the Rev. James and Caroline (Evans) Remington, was
born Dec. 3, 1836, in Alden, N. Y. He made a public con-
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fession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Co-
lumbus, O., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Columbus, Ohio, High School, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1862. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1865. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Buffalo City (O.S.) May 5, 1865, and or-
dained by the same Presbytery June 27, 1866. He was stated
supply of the church at Bethany, N. Y., from July 1865 until
his ordination when he was installed its pastor. This relation
was dissolved June 24, 1868. He was stated supply at Corfu,
N. Y., from August 1868 to July 1873, and at North Bergen,
N. Y., 1874-83. During the next three years he engaged in
missionary work in North Dakota. After this he served as
stated supply of the church at Williamson, N. Y., 1886-87; the
church at Wilson, N. Y., 1887-90, and the church at Ellicott-
ville, N. Y., 1890-1902, when he gave up the active work of the
ministry. He resided in Buffalo, N. Y., from this time until
his death, which occurred June 9, 1908, in Buffalo, of heart
disease, in the 72nd year of his age. He was buried at Alden,
N. Y. He was unmarried.
GEORGE HUTCHINSON SM?TH, D.D.,
Son of Hugh and Jean (Barbour) Smyth, was born March 20,
1839, m Killydonelly, County Antrim, Ire. He came to Ameri-
ca in the summer of 1857. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Reformed Presbyterian church on Broad St.,
Philadelphia, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Ireland, under Rev. John G. McVicker and in
Media, Pa., under the Rev. Samuel Gayley & Son, and he
graduated from New York University in 1862. He spent
the sophomore year of his college course in Queens College,
Belfast. He took the first year of his theological course in
the Western Theological Seminary and entered the Seminary
at Princeton in 1863, taking the course for his second and
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third years in one year, but without graduating. He was
licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of the District of
Columbia, Oct. 16, 1864, being at the same time installed
pastor of the Sixth Church, Washington, D. C, from which
he was released June 7, 1869. He was pastor of the West
Church, Wilmington, Del., from Sept. 30, 1869 to Sept. 29,
1872. He was chaplain of the House of Refuge on Randall's
Island, New York City, from February 1873 to October 1881.
He was then pastor of the Reformed Dutch church at Harlem,
N. Y., 1881-91, and stated supply of the Memorial Church at
St. Augustine, Fla., from January to June 1893. He resided
in East Orange, N. J., from 1891 to 1906, and in Holyoke,
Mass., from 1906 until his death, which occurred May 4, 191 1,
in Holyoke, of diabetes, in the 73rd year of his age. He was
buried in Manchester, Vt. He received the degree of D.D.
from Geneva College in 1889. Dr. Smyth was twice a com-
missioner to the General Assembly and once a commissioner to
the General Synod of the Reformed Church. He was a mem-
ber of the Historical Society of Delaware, of the Institute of
Christian Philosophy of New York, of the Museum of Art of
New York, and of the Genealogical Society of New York.
He published "Little Bessie" in 1880, the "Life of Henry B.
Plant", besides many articles and sermons in the papers and
magazines. During three months in 1862 he was agent for
the American Sunday School Union, and was chaplain of the
United States Hospital at Washington without pay for a year
and a half by a special appointment of the Secretary of War.
Before coming to America he engaged in teaching for several
years in County Antrim, Dublin and Belfast.
He was twice married: (1) Feb. 14, 1865, in Washing-
ton, D. C, to Josepha Franklin Goodrich, who died Sept. 1,
1871 ; (2) Oct. 6, 1875, in New York City, to Letitia Kennedy,
who died April 9, 191 1. One son and two daughters by his
first wife, and one son and two daughters by his second wife
survive him.
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FREDERICK HOWARD WINES, LL.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Enoch Cobb and Emma (Stansbury)
Wines, was born April 9, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
East Hampton, N. Y., at about the age of twelve. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued under his father and at the
Academy of East Hampton, and he graduated from Washing-
ton College in 1857. He remained in Washington, Pa., as a
tutor in the college the year following his graduation. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1858, he remained two years
when his studies were interrupted by trouble with his eyes
and afterward by enlistment in the army. He returned to the
Seminary to complete his course in 1864 and graduated in
1865. He was licensed by the Presbytery of St. Louis, Sept.
8, i860 and ordained by the Presbytery of Sangamon, Oct.
29, 1865. He supplied the Calvary Church of Springfield, Mo.,
from i860 to 1861 and was a chaplain in the United States
Army from 1862 to 1864. At the time of his ordination he
was installed pastor of the First Church of Springfield, 111.,
and was released from this charge June 14, 1869. He' was
secretary of the Board of Charities of Illinois with his resi-
dence at Springfield, from June 1869 to July 1893, and again
from 1896 to 1910. He resided at Springfield until the spring
of 1899 and in Washington, D. C, from 1899 to 1909, when he
returned to Springfield, 111. He was assistant director of the
United States Census in 1910. He died Jan. 31, 1912, in
Springfield, 111., of angina pectoris, in the 74th year of his age.
He was buried at Springfield, 111. He received the degree of
LL.D. from Knox College, 111., in 1871, and from the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin in 1893. Dr. Wines was the editor of
the International Record of Charities and Correction from
1886 to 1888. He was author of several works on subjects
relating to charity. He was the Stone lecturer in Princeton
Seminary in 1894. He published "Children in Paradise", 1865 •
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"Punishment and Reformation", 1895 ; also "The Liquor Prob-
lem in its Legislative Aspects", in conjunction with John Koren.
He was commissioner from Illinois to the International Peni-
tentiary Congress at Stockholm in 1878. He was president
of the National Conference of Charities in Louisville, 1883 and
secretary of the National Prison Association from 1887 to
1890. He was president of the International Congress of
Charities, Correction and Philanthropy in Chicago, 1893. He
was engaged as expert and special agent in the United States
Census Office for the tenth and eleventh censuses. He was a
special lecturer in the University of Wisconsin in 1893 and a
member of various learned societies at home and abroad.
He was married March 21, 1865, in Norristown, Pa., to
Mary Frances Hackney, who with one son and two daughters
survives him.
EBERLE WILLIS THOMSON,
Son of William Henry and Eliza Jane (Hopkins) Thomson,
was born Jan. 25, 1839, in Dacatur County, Ind. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Sand Creek Presbyterian
Church (now Kingston) Ind., at the age of fourteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the Greensburg Academy,
Ind., and he graduated from Hanover College, Ind.. in 1863.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1866. He was licensed by the Presbytery of White Water
May 1, 1865, and ordained by the Presbytery of Iowa, Oct. 1,
1867. He supplied the church at Sharon, la., from September
1866 until installed its pastor at the time of his ordination, and
was released from this charge Sept. 10, 1868. He was stated
supply of the First Church of Ottumwa, la., from November
1868 to March 1869, and of the church at Rushville, Ind., from
May 1869 to May 1874. He was pastor of the church at
Kirkwood. 111., from Sept. 15, 1874 to Jan. 10, 1887; of the
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church at Lebanon, Ky., from May i, 1887 to April 2, 1889
and of the church at Marengo, 111., from May 1, 1889 to July
1, 1893. He supplied the church at Jamestown, N. D., from
December 1893 until installed its pastor May 1, 1894, and was
released from this charge Jan. 1, 1896. He was pastor of the
church at Ripley, O., from May 1, 1896 to April 9, 1901 ; of
the church at Upper Sandusky, O., from May 13, 1901 to Dec.
3, 1903, and stated supply of the church at Bloomingburg, O.,
from the latter time until installed its pastor May 10, 1904, be-
ing released from this charge in October 1909. After this he
resided near Brookville, O., until his death, which occurred
April 16, 191 1, near Brookville, of pericarditis, in the 73rd
year of his age. He was buried at Greensburg, Ind. He was
a frequent contributor to the "Herald and Presbyter" and the
"Interior".
He was married May 1, 1868, in Spring Hill, Ind., to
Elizabeth Jane Foster, who with three sons survives him.
EICHARD PHILIP HART VAIL, D. D.,
Son of David Thomas and Phebe Bloom (Hart) Vail, was
born Dec. 28, 1843, m Troy, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Troy, at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Charlier's French Institute, N. Y., and under the
Rev. N. H. Griffin, D.D., in Williamstown, Mass., and he
graduated from Williams College in 1864. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton the same year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1867. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Troy, June 17, 1866, and ordained by the same Pres-
bytery, Sept. 14, 1869. After his seminary course he spent
some time in travel in Europe and the Orient. At the time of
his ordination he was installed pastor of the church at Water-
ford, N. Y., from which he was released March 31, 1876. His
only other pastoral charge was that of the church at Stamford,
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Conn., from May 12, 1876 to April 1, 1902. During the next
four years he worked with the Federation of Churches in New
York City. From 1906 to 191 1 he was an agent of the church
department of the General Acoustic Co. of New York. He
resided in Williamstown, Mass., after this until his death, which
occurred Jan. 15, 1912, in Williamstown, of pneumonia, soon
after the completion of his 68th year. He was buried at Troy,
N. Y. He published several sermons and engaged in literary
work while residing in New York. He received the degree of
D.D. from Williams College in 1884.
He was married April 6, 1870, in Albany, N. Y., to Mary
Adams Sanford, who with two daughters survives him.
SAMUEL ARCHIBALD,
Son of Matthew and Jane (Grant) Archibald, was born Feb.
23, 1839, in Musquodoboit, N. S., Can. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of his birth-
place, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Musquodoboit, under Simon Fraser, and he gradu-
ated from Dalhousie College in 1865. The following year he
spent in the Presbyterian College of Halifax. Entering Prince-
ton Seminary in 1866, he took the remaining two years of his
theological course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 23, 1868, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Halifax, June 1, 1870, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Shelburne, N.
S., Can. He was released from this charge Dec. 31, 1872,
being obliged to give up preaching on account of a throat
trouble. After this he engaged in some missionary work, and
then became chief clerk in the Government Education Office at
Halifax, where he worked from June 1874 to March 1879.
After this he became a farmer in Manitoba, continuing such
until 1884. He then resided in Minneapolis, Minn., from 1884
to 1894. Returning to Halifax in this latter year, he engaged
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in business there until his death, which occurred Jan. 2, 191 1,
in Halifax, of pneumonia, in the 72nd year of his age. He
was buried in the Fairview Cemetery, Halifax.
He was married May 6, 1879, m Halifax, to Margaret
Elizabeth Rogers, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
JOHN MENAUL, M.D.,
Son of Matthew and Ann (Allen) Menaul, was born Dec. 27,
1834, in Tychany, County Tyrone, Ire. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Wap-
pingers Falls, N. Y., at the age of twenty-three. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued at Wappingers Falls, under the Rev.
Edwin Bowen, and he graduated from Lafayette College in
1865. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he remained two years. He then spent a year study-
ing in the medical department of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. He was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of
North River, Nov. 20, 1868. In December of the same year
he sailed as a missionary to Corisco, West Africa, where he
labored until April 1870. Returning to this country in this
latter year, he went to Fort Wingate, New Mexico where he
engaged in missionary work among the Navajo Indians, from
1870 to 1873. He engaged in the same work at Fort De-
fiance, Ariz., 1874-75; at Laguna, New Mexico, among the
Laguna Indians, 1876-89, and then at Albuquerque and Las
Placitas, New Mexico, serving the Mexican churches from
1890 to 1903. He was honorably retired the following year
and resided in Hinton, Okla., from that time until his death,
which occurred Jan. 9, 191 2, in Hinton, of paralysis, soon after
the completion of his 77th year. He was buried at Hinton.
He was married three times: (1) in 1868, at Wappingers
Falls, N. Y., to Harriet Elizabeth McMechan, who died Feb
17, 1870; (2) Feb. 2, 1 87 1, at Fort Wingate, New Mexico,
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to Charity Ann Gaston, who died Nov. 19, 1906; (3) Aug. 29,
1907, at Winfield, Kan., to Floretta Shields, who with two
daughters survives him.
ROBERT ENNIS,
Son of Joseph and Ruth Ann (Norris) Ennis, born June 25,
1841, in Perth Center, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the United Presbyterian church of Florida, N. Y.,
at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Johnstown Academy, N. Y., under the Rev. Peter
Smeallie, and he graduated from Union College, Schenectady,
in 1867. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1870. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Albany, June 9, 1869, and supplied the church at Broadalbin,
N. Y., from June 1870 to February 1871. He was ordained
by the Presbytery of Westminster, Nov. 16, 1871, being at the
same time installed pastor of the Pequea Church, South Her-
mitage, Pa., and was released from this charge June 14, 1875.
He served the church at Victor, N. Y. as stated supply and
pastor elect, from December 1875 to September 1877. He was
pastor of the West End Church, Albany, N. Y., from Nov.
21, 1878 to Sept. 25, 1883; stated supply of the church at
Madison, S. D., from Oct. 28, 1883 to May 12, 1886; stated
supply at Pendleton, Ore., from Aug. 5, 1886 to Sept. 1, 1887;
stated supply of the churches at Jacksonville and Phoenix,
Ore., from September 1887 to September 1898; stated supply
of the Bandon, Coquille City, Myrtle Point and Willowdale
churches, Ore., from September 1898 to May 1901 ; stated
supply of the Octoraro, Pleasant Grove and Marion churches,
Ore., from May 1901 to May 1904, and stated supply of the
Phoenix and Jacksonville churches, Ore., from May 1904 until
his death, which occurred April 9, 191 1, in Jacksonville, Ore.,
of heart disease, in the 70th year of his age. He dropped dead
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on his way to his church service. He was buried in Jackson-
ville. He published several sermons in local papers on re-
quest.
He was married May 10, 1882, in Albany, N. Y., to Etta
M. Scase, who with two sons and two daughters survives him.
DAVID HOGE RIDDLE, D. D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. David Hunter and Elisabeth (Brown)
Riddle, was born Jan. 27, 1846, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He made
a public confession of his faith in the College Church at
Canonsburgh, Pa., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Jersey City Grammar School, N.
J., and he graduated from Washington and Jefferson College
in 1867. He took the first two years of his theological course
in the Western Theological Seminary, entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1869 for his senior year and graduated in 1870.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Allegheny April 17,
1869, and ordained by the Presbytery of Washington City
April 10, 1871, being at the same time installed pastor of the
Falls Church, Va., from which he was released Oct. 20, 1889.
He then served the church at Havre de Grace, Md., from 1890
until installed its pastor May 20, 1892. He was released from
this charge June 9, 1896. After this he resided as an evange-
list in Shippensburg, Pa., until 1907 and then in Falls Church,
Va., until his death, which occurred Dec. 11, 191 1, in Falls
Church, Va., of Bright's disease, in the 66th year of his age.
He was buried at Falls Church, Va. He received the degree of
D.D. from Washington and Jefferson College in 1902. He was
unmarried.
JAMES USaUHAST,
Son of Donald and Jane (Grant) Urquhart, was born May 21,
1840, in Oxford County, Ont., Canada. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Embro,
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Ont., at the age of twenty-seven. He was a student for a
time in Knox College, Toronto. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1870, remaining one year, and then spent a year
in Auburn Seminary. He engaged in missionary work from
1872 to 1873, but ill health prevented his continuing in the
work of the ministry. He resided in London, Ont., from 1875
until his death, which occurred Jan. 10, 1912, in the Ontario
Hospital for the Insane, at London, Ont., of senility, in the
72nd year of his age. He was buried in the Log Church
Cemetery at West Zorra, Can. He was unmarried.
DAVID LOVELL MUBEAY,
Son of Alexander and Janet (Ross) Murray, was born June
24, 1842, in Oxford County, Can. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith at about the age of twenty-three. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Toronto Normal School,
and he graduated from Knox College, Toronto, in 1868. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the same year, he re-
mained two years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, April 22, 1870, his license being revoked Oct. 5,
1870. He studied in Auburn Theological Seminary from 1871
to 1872, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Buffalo, May
14, 1872, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Alden, N. Y., from which he was released in 1876. He
supplied the church at Saline, Mich., from 1877 to 1878. He
was suspended by the Presbytery of Detroit, Feb. 19, 1879, and
reinstated April 28, 1886. He served the church at Rockwood,
Tenn., from 1888 to 1889. Later he left the ministry and be-
came a physician with his residence in Croghan, N. Y. He
died July 23, 1910, in Lowville, N. Y., of organic heart disease,
in the 69th year of his age. He was buried at Lowville, N. Y.
He was married in 1868, or 1869, in Spencerville, Can., to
Agnes Elizabeth Imrie, who with one son and one daughter
survives him.
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JAMES HARRIS STEWART.
Son of James Harris and Jane Abigail (Fuller) Stewart, was
born Oct. 19, 1845, in Sidney, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Lower
Tuscarora, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Tuscarora Academy, under J. H. Shumaker,
Ph.D., and he graduated from Washington and Jefferson Col-
lege in 1868. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the same
year, he took the full three years' course, graduating in 1871.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Huntingdon June 15,
1870 and ordained by the same Presbytery Aug. 15, 1871, be-
ing at the same time installed pastor of the church at Perrys-
ville, Pa., from which he was released in October 1877. He
was pastor of the church at Greencastle, Pa., from October
1877 to April 1883 and of the church at Brownville, Pa., from
June 26, 1883 to Sept. 29, 1886. He was stated supply of the
church at Casselton, N. D., from October 1886 to August 1889
and pastor of the church at Redlands, Cal., from 1891 to 1896.
From 1898 to 1900 he labored as presbyterial missionary with
his residence in Los Angeles, Cal., and supplied the Chinese
church of Los Angeles, from 1903 until his death, which oc-
curred Feb. 12, 1912, in Los Angeles, of pneumonia, in the
67th year of his age. He was buried at Pasadena, Cal. He
published several sermons.
He was married Aug. 21, 1877, i n P° rt Royal, Pa., to Annie
Florence Thompson, who with one daughter survives him.
EDWARD PAGE BUTLER,
Son of Lucius Castle and Hannah Drury (Page) Butler, was
born Feb. 14, 1848, in Clintonville, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Congregational church of Essex,
Vt., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Essex Academy, and he graduated from the Uni-
versity of Vermont in 1870. He entered the Seminary at
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Princeton in the fall of the same year, remaining a very short
time. He then went to Hartford Theological Seminary, from
which he graduated in 1873. He was licensed by the Massa-
chusetts East and West Congregational Association at Hamp-
den, Mass., May 14, 1872 and ordained by a Congregational
Council at Lyme, N. H., Oct. 20, 1874. He supplied the Con-
gregational church at Lyme, N. H., from May 1873 until in-
stalled its pastor at the time of his ordination. He was released
from this charge Feb. 20, 1889. He was pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Sunderland, Mass., from 1889 to 1908, and
during this time was editor of a paper called "Church Work".
His last pastorate was that of the Presbyterian church of
Crescent City, Fla., from 1908 until December 191 1. In Jan-
uary of the following year he moved to Sunderland, Mass.,
where he died Jan. 20. 1912, of cancer of the liver, in the 64th
year of his age. He was buried in the Riverside Cemetery of
Sunderland, Mass. He was president of the Connecticut
Valley Sunday School and Chatauqua Association for some
years, and of the Franklin County Congregational Club, and
was also scribe of the Franklin Conference. He published a
number of sermons.
He was married Sept. 25, 1876, at Lyme, N. H., to Lucretia
Churchill Wilson, who died Aug. 25, 1907. One son and two
daughters survive him.
GEORGE AINSLIE,
Son of John and Jennet (Gotterson) Ainslie. was born July
29, 1840, in Meredith, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Delhi, N. Y., at
the age of twenty-four. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the the Delaware Academy at Delhi, under Principal J. L.
Sawyer, and he graduated from Union College in 1864. He
then engaged in teaching in the Andes Collegiate Institute, N.
Y., for five years. His health not permitting his taking up his
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seminary studies at this time, he spent the next two years in
its recovery. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1871, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1874. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Otsego in the spring of
1873, and ordained by the Presbytery of Troy, June 24, 1874,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Argyle,
N. Y. He was released from this charge May 23, 1881. He
was stated supply of the Garden Grove and Humeston churches,
la., from November 1881 to November 1882. He then sup-
plied the church at Red Oak, la., until installed its pastor,
Nov. 15, 1883, and was released from this charge July 15, 1887.
He was pastor of the church at Mediapolis, la., from July 17,
1887 to Apr. 14, 1890, and of the churches at Dexter and Earl-
ham, la., from April 20, 1890 to June 4, 1893. He supplied
the church at Rolfe, la., from July 1893 to October 1897. He
was pastor of the church at Blairstown, la., from January
1898 to October 1899, and supplied the church at Watkins, la.,
from January 1898 to January 1900. His last work was as
stated supply of the church at Birmingham, la., from June
1900 to September 1903. After this he resided in Cedar
Rapids, la., until his death, Jan. 14, 191 1, in Cedar Rapids of
the grippe, in the 71st year of his age. He had suffered a
stroke of paralysis in 1903. He was buried in the Oak Hill
Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, la.
He was married Sept. 12, 1878, in Argyle, N. Y., to Mary
McLain Shannon, who with two sons survives him.
ROBERT JACKSON BEATTIE,
Son of Robert and Beezy (Jackson) Beattie, was born June 14,
1847, in Essa, Ont., Canada. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Essa Townline, Ont.,
at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Grammar School of Barrie, Ont., and he graduated from
Knox College, Toronto, in 1871. Entering the Seminary at
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Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course, graduating in 1874. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 15, 1874, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Troy, April 12, 1875, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Fort Edward, N. Y.
He was released from this charge April 24, 1876. He sup-
plied the church at Spencer, N. Y., from May 1876 to May
1878; was pastor of the First Church of Port Hope, Ont.,
from Dec. 12, 1878 to Dec. 10, 1883; of Knox Church at
Guelph, Canada, from 1883 to 1895 ; engaged in home mis-
sionary work in Birmingham, Ala., from 1896 to 1900; was
stated supply of the Government Street Church, Mobile, Ala.,
during a part of 1901 ; was pastor of the church at Kosciusko,
Miss., from 1902 to 1908, and pastor of the church at San-
ford, N. C, from Aug. 31, 1908 until his death, which oc-
curred Sept. 15, 191 1, in the Central Carolina Hospital at San-
ford, of diabetes, in the 65th year of his age. He was buried in
the cemetery of the Buffalo church near Sanford, N. C.
He was married March 22, 1876, in Fort Edward, N. Y.,
to Susan M. Keeley McCoy, who survives him.
JOHN A CAEMICHAEL, D.D.,
Son of Alexander and Catherine (McNaughton) Carmichael,
was born June 4, 1848, in London, Ont., Canada. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Bethel Presbyterian Church
of London, Can., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the public schools and later, under the
Rev. G. M. Milligan, in London, and he graduated from Knox
College, Toronto, in 1872. He spent the first year of his
theological course in Knox College, entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1873 where he completed his course, graduating
in 1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Bruns-
wick, Feb. 3, 1875 and ordained an evangelist by the Presby-
tery of Washington City, May 24, 1875. From May 1875 until
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May 1877 he was stated supply of the churches at Hermon,
Md., Manassas, Va., and Prince William, Va. He was pastor
of the churches at Columbus and Brooklyn, Ont, Canada,
from May 1877 until May 1890, and of the Knox Church at
Regina, Can., from May 1890 to August 1902. After this he
engaged in missionary work within the bounds of the Synod of
Manitoba with his residence at Winnepeg, Can., until his death,
which occurred Nov. 11, 191 1, at Winnepeg, of typhoid pneu-
monia, in the 64th year of his age. He received the degree of
D.D. from the Manitoba College in 1902. Dr. Carmichael
taught in the public schools in London, Can., from 1867 to
1869. He was superintendent of missions of the Synod of
Manitoba and N. W. Territories, from 1902 until his death;
was convener of the Home Missions Committee of the Pres-
bytery of Whitby, and a member of the Assembly Committee
on Home Missions for several years. He was also at one time
convener of the Home Missions Committee of the Presbytery
of Regina.
He was married Feb. 24, 1876, in Bath, Can., to Cornelia
Rowse, who with three sons and three daughters survives him.
JAMES CHAMBERS, D. D.,
Son of Robert and Catharine Lucas (Nesbitt) Chambers, was
born March 1, 185 1, in Holbrook, Out., Canada. He made a
public confession of his faith in the St. Andrews Church of
Kingston, Can., at the age of sixteen. He prepared himself
for college in his native town, and graduated from Princeton
University in 1872. He spent July and August of that year
in mission work in Canada. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of 1872, he took the full three years' course,
graduating in 1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, Oct. 7, 1874 and ordained an evangelist by
the same Presbytery, Aug. 3, 1875. He was stated supply of
the First Congregational Church of Sherburne, N. Y., from
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1875 to 1882, and pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church,
New York City, from Nov. 24, 1882 to June 26, 1899. After
this he resided in Norwich, N. Y., as correspondent for the
National Bank of Norwich, until within a short time of his
death. He died June 10, 191 1, at Norwich, N. Y., of heart
failure, in the 61 st year of his age. He was buried at Sher-
burne. He received the degree of D.D. in 1890 from the
University of Chicago. Dr. Chambers was three times moder-
ator of the Presbytery of New York; was at one time Presi-
dent of the New York Minister's Association and of the
Presbyterian Club of New York. He was commissioner to
the General Assembly five times. He published several ser-
mons and addresses. For twelve years he was editor of the
Church World.
He married Aug. 29, 1877, in Sherburne, N. Y., to Jessie
Irene Buell, who with one son and one daughter survives him.
THOMAS DAVIES LATIMER,
Son of George Theodore and Catharine (Carson) Latimer,
was born Sept. 8, 1844, in York County, S. C. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church of Yorkville, S. C, at the age of twenty-
five. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Langham
Academy of Yorkville, under the Rev. Robert Lathan, D.D.,
and he graduated from the Erskine College, S. C. in 1871.
He spent the next year in teaching. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in 1872, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1875. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of Bethel (South) June 13, 1874, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Atlanta (South) Oct. 3, 1875. He was pastor
of the Third Church of Atlanta, Ga., from Oct. 31, 1875 to
Dec. 28, 1876; stated supply at Jefferson City, Tex., from
July 18, 1877 to Feb. 25, 1878; stated supply of the Terrell
and Will's Point Churches, Tex., from March 3, 1878 to
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Jan. 1, 1879; engaged in the evangelistic work in south
Florida, from 1879 to 1880; was pastor at Mayslick, Ky., from
Nov. 11, 1880 to Sept. 29, 1881 ; stated supply at Smyrna, Ky.,
from October 1881 to October 1882; stated supply at Waverly,
Tenn., from November 1881 to February 1884; stated supply
at Union City, Tenn., from June to December 1883; stated
supply at College Hill, Miss., from March 1884 to March
1885 ; stated supply at Corinth, Miss., from April 1885 to
July 1890; stated supply at Bethel, Tenn., from 1885 to 1886;
stated supply at Tupelo, Miss., from 1886 to 1888; president
of the Chickasaw Female College, from 1890 to 1891 ; stated
supply at St. Elmo, Tenn., from March 1891 to March 1892;
pastor at Cleveland, Tenn., from March 1892 to April 1893 ;
stated supply of the Denmark and Bethel Churches, Tenn.,
in 1893 ; president of the Bethel Springs College from 1893 to
1895 ; pastor at Macon, Miss., from September 1895 to April
1900; pastor at Springfield, Ky., from January 1904 to Octo-
ber 1906, and stated supply of the First Church of Metropolis,
111., during 1908. After this he resided at Charleston, Mo.,
until his death, which occurred Feb. 25, 1912, in Charleston,
of stomach trouble, in the 68th year of his age. He was buried
in Troy, Tenn. He was commissioner to the General As-
sembly of the Southern Church in 1886, 1888 and 1890. Dur-
ing the Civil War he served in the 17th S. C. Regiment, from
1863 to 1865.
He was married June 5, 1884, in Rives, Tenn., to M.
Tennie Moffat, who with one son and one daughter survives
him.
CHESTER PAUL MURBAY,
Son of the Rev. Nicholas and Nancy (Carson) Murray, was
born April 23, 1845, in Washington, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of West
Alexander, Pa., at the age of sixteen. He was prepared for
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college mostly by his own efforts and graduated from Prince-
ton University in 1872. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, April 14, 1875, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Morris and Orange, May 4, 1875, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Lower Valley, N. J.,
from which he was released May 1, 1877. He supplied the
church at Groveland, N. Y., from February 1878 to April
1879; was pastor of the Springport church with his post
office at Union Springs, N. Y., from Dec. 2, 1879 to Sept. 16,
1884, and then pastor of the Reformed Dutch church at Lodi,
N. Y., from 1885 to 1886. After this he resided at Union
Springs, N. Y., Easton, Pa., and Cleveland, O., in which last
city he died Dec. 1, 1910, in the 66th year of his age. He
served for three years in the civil war, taking a part in nearly
all of the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
He was married April 17, 1878, in Groveland, N. Y., to
Luella C. Magee, who survives him.
ALEXANDER GATHERER RUSSELL,
Son of Alexander and Isabella (Simpson) Russell, was born
Oct. 6, 1845, in Musquodoboit, N. S., Can. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Truro, Can., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Presbyterian Seminary of Truro and in
the Provincial Normal School of the same place, and he gradu-
ated from Dalhousie College in 1871. He then spent a year
teaching before coming to the seminary. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1872, taking the full three years'
course, and graduating in 1875. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 14, 1875, an d ordained
by the Presbytery of Nassau, July 6, 1876. From January to
April 1876 he supplied the Atlantic Avenue Congregational
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Mission Church in Brooklyn, N. Y. His only pastorate was
that of the Presbyterian church of Oyster Bay, N. Y., from
July 6, 1876 until his death, which occurred Nov. 10, 191 1,
in Clifton Springs, N. Y., of heart disease, in the 67th year
of his age. He was buried at Truro, Can. He was for some
time stated clerk of the Presbytery of Nassau. He taught in
the public schools of Nova Scotia, in the Pictou Academy, the
Lunenburg Academy, the Sherbrooke School, and in other
schools for more than five years between 1864 and 1871. He
was a life member of the American Bible Society.
He was twice married: (1) Aug. 1, 1876, in Princeton,
N. J., to Eliza Hoxie Norris, who died Sept. 26, 1903; (2)
July 1908, in Truro, Can., to Sara Barry Patterson, who died
Oct. 25, 1910. Three sons by his first wife survive him. One
of his sons is the Rev. Gordon M. Russell of the class of '08
of the Seminary.
HENRY NEVIUS VAN DYKE,
Son of John Gordon and Elizabeth (Melick) Van Dyke, was
born March 22, 1853, in Kingston, N. J. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Kings-
ston, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Princeton, N. J., under John C. Schenck, and he
graduated with high honors from Princeton University in
1872. He entered the Seminary at Princeton the same year,
but after a short time became ill and engaged in teaching dur-
ing the remainder of the year. He returned to the Seminary
in the fall of the next year but did not complete his theologi-
cal course. He left the Seminary to accept the appointment
of registrar of Princeton University in 1873 an d continued in
this office until June 1910 when ill health compelled him to
resign. After this he resided in New York City until his
death, which occurred Dec. 23, 191 1, in New York, of acute
indigestion, in the 59th year of his age. He was buried at
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Kingston, X. J. He was secretary to Dr. Patton and to Dr.
Wilson during the time of their being president. He was
tutor of mathematics in Princeton University from 1876 to
1877 and instructor of the first year classics and mathematics
in the same University from 1879 to J 883. His services were
in constant demand as a tutor of delinquent students. He
was a member of the Nassau Club of Princeton.
He was married Nov. 25. 1880, in Frenchtown, N. J., to
Annie Rogers, who with two sons survives him.
HENRY MARTIN EELLCGG
Son of the Rev. Erastus Martin and Hannah Reed (French)
Kellogg, was born April 2, 185 1, in New Boston, N. H. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Hanover Street
Congregational Church of Manchester, N. H., at the age of
seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the High
School of Manchester, and he graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1873. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he remained two years. He completed
his theological course in the Union Theological Seminary,
New York City from which he graduated in 1876. He was
licensed by the Manchester and Derry Congregational Asso-
ciation, Jan. 18, 1876. He supplied the Congregational church
of Hadley, Mass., from October 1876 to October 1877. He
was ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of West Jersey,
April 18, 1878. He was stated supply of the First Church of
Atlantic City, N. J., from December 1877 to February 1880.
He then served the following Congregational churches as
pastor: Francestown, N. H., 1880-82; the First Church of
Greenwich, Conn.. 1882-86; the First Church of Lebanon,
Conn., 1886-92; Wolcott, Conn., 1893-97, and as stated supply
the Congregational church of Wilder. Yt., 1897-1900, and
the Congregational Church of Mclndoe Falls, Yt., 1900-02.
After this he was pastor of the Congregational church of
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Voluntown, Conn., from 1902 to 1910 and of the Second
Church of Coventry, Conn., from 1910 until his death, which
occurred July 22, 191 1, in Coventry, of cancer of the liver, in
the 61 st year of his age. He was buried in Worcester, Mass.
He made three trips abroad, personally conducting parties of
delegates to the World's C. E. Convention at London, in
1900; at Geneva in 1906 and the World's S. S. Convention at
Rome in 1907. He published "Governor on the Sabbath Ques-
tion" 1878; "Genealogy of Billerica French Family" 1883;
"Twelve Hours with Young People" 1885; "Ethics of the
Dance" 1883; "In Memoriam of Mary C. Ford" 1907; and
"The Ethics of the Ocean" 1908.
He was married twice: (1) Oct. 16, 1879, in Worcester,
Mass., to Cora O. Alton, who died March 4, 1882; (2) May
5, 1885, in Somerville, Mass., to Mrs. Stella G. West, who
with one son and three daughters survives him.
THEODORE SHIELDS NEGLEY,
Son of George Gibson and Eleanor (Boyd) Negley, was born
June 17, 1846, in East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pa. He made a
public confession of his faith in the East Liberty Presbyterian
Church, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued at Slate Lick, Pa., under the Rev. Dr. David Harvey
Sloan, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1873.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1876.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April
25, 1876 and ordained by the Presbytery of Clarion, Dec. 5,
1876, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at East Brady, Pa., from which he was released Jan. 9, 1882.
He was pastor of the church at Bethesda, Pa., from July 28,
1878 to Jan. 9, 1882, in conjunction with his pastorate at East
Brady ; was pastor of the church at Wilcox, Pa., from March
15, 1882 to Oct. 16, 1888; pastor at Ridgway, Pa., from March
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14, 1882 to April 23, 1889, and pastor at Little Redstone, Pa.,
from May 14, 1889 to April 1, 191 1. During this last pastorate
he also supplied the church at Fayette City, Pa., from No-
vember 1890 to September 1907 with his residence at Fayette
City, where he died May 18, 191 1, of apoplexy, in the 65th
year of his age. He was buried in the Allegheny Cemetery of
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Redstone for a number of years and was commissioner to the
General Assembly in 1885. He was moderator of his Pres-
bytery a number of times.
He was married Oct. 25, 1876, in Westfield, Mass., to
Susan Clark Todd, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
FINLEY McNAUGHTAN DEWEY, L.D.,
Son of Alexander and Jane (MacFee) Dewey, was born Sept.
21, 1851, in St. Remi, Quebec, Canada. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Beach-
ridge, Can., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the St. Francis College of Richmond, Can.,
and he graduated from McGill University in 1874. After his
graduation from college he spent two sessions studying the-
ology in Morrin College, Quebec. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of 1876, he completed his theological
course there, graduating in 1877. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Quebec, July 4, 1877, and ordained by the same
Presbytery, Aug. 9, 1877, being at the same time installed
pastor of the churches of Richmond and Windsor Mills, Can.
He exchanged the Windsor Mills charge for that of Lower
Windsor after three years, and was released from this and
the Richmond church, Aug. 9, 1886. His only other charge
was that of the Stanley Street Church of Montreal, which he
served from September 1886 until June 1910. when the state
of his health compelled him to give up active work and he
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became pastor emeritus. He resided in Montreal until his
death, which occurred April 14, 191 1, of Bright's disease, in
the 60th year of his age. He was buried at Montreal. He
received the degree of D.D. from the Presbyterian College of
Montreal in 1909. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Quebec for eight years.
He was married July 1, 1889, m Montreal, to Elsie Gor-
don Coull, who with two sons and one daughter survives him.
GEORGE ALFRED PAULL, D.D.,
Son oT the Rev. Alfred and Mary Roland (Weed) Paull, was
born July 12, 1857, in Wheeling, W. Va. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Princeton Presbyterian Church,
of Philadelphia, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the West Philadelphia Academy, under
Prof. F. W. Hastings, and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
versity in 1878. He spent the next year engaged in business.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1879, he took his first
year there. He spent the second year in Union Theological
Seminary, returning to Princeton Seminary in 1881 he con-
cluded his theological course there, graduating in 1882. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia Central, June
5, 1882 and ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle, Oct.
10, 1882, being at the same time installed pastor of the First
Church of Delaware City, Del., from which he was released
Feb. 21, 1888. He was pastor of the Westminster Church,
Bloomfield, N. J., from April 24, 1888 to Nov. 19, 1906. After
this he spent two years in travel. In January 1908 he became
pastor elect of the Upper Montclair Church, N. J., over which
he was installed Feb. 17, 1909. This relation continued until
his death, which occurred Jan. 10, 1912, in Upper Montclair,
of heart trouble, in the 55th year of his age. He was buried
in Bloomfield, N. J. He received the degree of D.D. from
Maryville College, Tenn. in 1904.
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He was twice married: (i) Feb. 21, 1883, i n New York
City, to Minnie Emily Kenney, who died July 25, 1895; (2)
Jan. 26, 1899, in Bloomfield, N. J., to Bessie Polhemus Sut-
phen, who survives him.
WILLIAM GE0EGE CLABZB,
Son of George William and Cornelia (Chapin) Clark, was
born April 13, 1861, in Adrian, Mich. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Third Presbyterian Church of
Chicago, 111., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Chicago High School, in Gleason's Acad-
emy and under the private tuition of Francis L. Porter. He
entered the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., but did
not complete his course there. He spent two years and a half
of his theological course in the Chicago Theological Semi-
nary, and entered the Seminary at Princeton in January 1883,
graduating therefrom in that year. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Chicago in May 1883, and ordained by the same
Presbytery, June 20, 1884. He was pastor of the church at
Waukegan, 111., from June 1884 to September 1885, and served
the church at Riverside, 111., as pastor elect, from September
1885 to September 1887. He then spent a year in Princeton
University as a graduate student. He was pastor of the Camp-
bell Park Church of Chicago, 111., from April 1888 to Febru-
ary 1895, an d stated supply of the People's Service Church of
Chicago, from 1895 to 1896. At this time he gave up the
work of the ministry and entered upon the study of law, be-
ing licensed to practice law in the summer of 1896. He be-
came interested in secular work of the People's Institute,
Chicago, with which he was connected until his death, which
occurred May 26, 1910, in Chicago, of Bright's disease, in the
50th year of his age. He was buried at Waukegan, 111. In
1887 he published "Rambles among Ruins".
He was married three times: (1) June 3, 1885, at Wauke-
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gan, 111., to Annie Carpenter Lyon, who died Dec. 21, 1896;
(2) July 1901, in Chicago, to Lina Gilbert; (3) Septem-
ber 1909, in St. Louis, Mo., to Margaret McLoughlin, who
with two sons by his first marriage and one by his second
survives him.
GEOUGE WILLIAM GIBONEY, D.D.,
Son of Thomas and Margaret (Simpson) Giboney, was born
Dec. 5, 1858, in Vernon, Ind. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Graham Presbyterian Church, Jennings
County, Ind., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Vernon, Ind., under the Rev. J. C. Burt and
the Rev. John Q. McKeehan, and he graduated from Hanover
College, Ind., in 1884. He spent the first year of his theo-
logical course in McCormick Theological Seminary, and entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1885, completing his course
there, and graduating in 1887. He was licensed and ordained
by the Presbytery of New Albany, May 17, 1887. He supplied
the church at Lebanon, Ore., from June 1887 until installed
its pastor June 23, 1888, and was released from this charge
Jan. i, 1890. He then supplied the church at Oregon City,
from January 1890 until installed its pastor April 29, 1891,
continuing in this charge for three years. He was pastor of
the First Church of Spokane, Wash., from May 1894 until 1908
when he was obliged to give up active ministerial work. He
resided in Spokane for a time after this and then in Portland,
Ore. where he died Dec. 18, 1901, of Bright's disease, in the
54th year of his age. He was buried in Oregon City, Ore. He
received the degree of D.D. in 1902 from Hanover College,
Ind. He had served this college as tutor when he was a senior.
He was married June 6, 1888, in Lebanon, Ore., to Mary
Montague, who with one son and one daughter survives him.
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EDWARD GRIER FULLERTON, Ph.D., D-D.,
Son of the Rev. Robert Stewart and Martha (White) Fuller-
ton, was born July 14, 1863, in Landour, North India. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Princeton Presby-
terian Church, Philadelphia, Pa., at the age of fourteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the West Philadelphia
Acadamy, under Prof. F. W. Hastings, and he graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He then spent three
years in the United States Signal Service, mostly in the state
of Montana. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of 1886, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1889. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia
Central, April 9, 1888, and ordained by a Congregational Coun-
cil in Plymouth Church, Worcester, Mass., June 13, 1889. He
was assistant pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church
of Worcester, Mass., from May 1889 to January 1890; pastor
of the Park Congregational Church, Worcester, from January
1890 to January 1891 ; pastor of the Park Street Congrega-
tional Church of Bridgeport, Conn., from January 1891 to May
1904, and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., from May 12, 1904 to Sept. 20, 1910, when ill
health compelled him to give up his pastoral work. He contin-
ued his residence in Wilkes-Barre, travelling for his health dur-
ing the last year of his life, until his death, which occurred July
5, 191 1, in Hartford, Conn., of heart failure, within nine days
of the completion of his 48th year. He was buried in the
Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. He received the
degree of Ph.D. from Yale University in 1896, and that of
D.D. from Lafayette in 1904.
He was married June 6, 1889, in New Haven, Conn., to
Flora Cooper Brown, who with one son survives him.
GEORGE BLACK RODDY,
Son of George Black and Martha Eliza (Ege) Roddy, was
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born Feb. 27, 1866, in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of New
Bloomfield, Pa., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the New Bloomfield Academy, and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1886. He continued his
studies in Princeton as classical fellow for one year and was
tutor of Latin in Princeton University from 1887 to 1889, and
tutor of Greek in the same University from 1889 to 1890. He
then spent a week in the fall of 1890 in Union Theological
Seminary, New York. He studied in the University of Berlin,
Germany, from 1891 to 1892, and in the American Classical
School at Athens, Greece, from 1892 to 1893. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the latter year, he remained there one
year as a special student. He was principal of the Bloomfield
Academy, Pa., 1894-95, and then took up the study of law with
the Hon. C. H. Smiley in New Bloomfield, Pa., and engaged in
the practice of law in New Bloomfield from 1898 until his
death. From 1905 to 1906 he was the acting principal and sec-
retary of the New Bloomfield Academy. He died Sept. 5,
1910, in New Bloomfield, Pa., of heart failure, in the 45th
year of his age. He was buried at New Bloomfield, Pa.
He was married June 10, 1903, in Harrisburg, Pa., to Anna
Lillian Barnett, who with two sons and one daughter survives
him.
BAILIE BROWN, Ph.D. M.D.,
Son of Isaac and Elizabeth Melvina (Bailie) Brown, was born
April 20, 1869, in New York City. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second United Presbyterian Church
of Jersey City Heights, N. J., at the age of thirteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued under private tutors and in the
Cooper Institute, New York City, and he graduated from New
Windsor College, Md., in 1894. He took up the study of the-
ology before his graduation from New Windsor. Entering
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the Seminary at Princeton in 1891, he remained there two
years. He spent one month in Union Theological Seminary,
New York, before coming to Princeton. After leaving Prince-
ton he spent a year in the Manitoba Theological Seminary of
Canada, and a further year in Auburn Theological Seminary,
from which he graduated in 1895. From May 1892 to Septem-
ber 1893 he supplied the First Church of Weehawken, N. J.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of St. Lawrence, June 13,
1895, and supplied the First Church at Sacket's Harbor, N. Y.,
from 1894 to 1896, and the First Church of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
during a part of the latter year. He received the degree of
M.D. from the National Homeopathic Medical College and
Hospital in 1897, and the same degree from the Eclectic Medi-
cal College of New York City, in 1900. He supplied the First
Church of Cheyenne, Wyo., in 1897, and the Congregational
churches of Lisle and Centre Lisle, N. Y., from 1898 to 1899.
After this he gave up the work of the ministry to engage in the
practice of medicine, at first in Putnam, N. Y., from 1900 to
1903, and then in Jersey City, N. J., from 1903 until his death,
which occurred Jan. 12, 1912, in Jersey City, of pernicious
anaemia, in the 44th year of his age. He was buried in the
Grove Church Cemetery at New Durham, N. J. He received
the degree of Ph.D. in 1894 from the National Normal Uni-
versity of Lebanon, O. In 1908 he was immersed and united
with the First Baptist Church of New York City.
He was married June 25, 1902, in Putnam, N. Y., to
Winella Graham, who with one son survives him.
JAMES RAMSEY D0NEH00,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Elijah Ramsey and Georgianna Maria
Jones (Patterson) Donehoo, was born Nov. 27, 1867, in Alle-
gheny, Pa. He made a public confession of his faith in the
West End Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., at the
age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
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preparatory department of the Western University of Pennsyl-
vania, in which institution he spent two and a half years of
his college course, then going to Washington and Jefferson
College from which he graduated in 1889. After this he stud-
ied law for two years with the Hon. John D. Shafer of Pitts-
burgh. From 1891 to 1892 he studied theology in the Western
Theological Seminary. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the latter year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1895. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Pittsburgh, June 12, 1894 and ordained by the Presbytery of
Mankato, Nov. 5, 1895, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church at Wells, Minn. He was released from this
charge April 18, 1898. After this he was stated supply of the
West Middlesex Church, Pa., from January to April 1901 ;
pastor of the church at Austin, Pa., from April 21, 1902 to
Sept. 12, 1906; pastor of the church at Knoxville, Pa., from
Nov. 6, 1906 to Jan. 9, 191 1, and of the church at Arnot, Pa.,
from the latter date until his death, which occurred Jan. 10,
1912, in Arnot, of apoplexy, in the 55th year of his age. He
was buried in the Union Dale Cemetery of Pittsburgh, Pa.
He was a commissioner to the General Assembly in 191 1.
From 1906 to 191 2 he was permanent clerk of the Presby-
tery of Wellsboro. In 1900 he published "New Testament
View of the Old Testament" and was a frequent contributor
to the religious press.
He was married July 29, 1902, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Emma
Florence Kyle, who with one son and one daughter survives
him.
JAMES ALVAN SANEEY, D.D.,
Son of Alexander Boyd and Amanda M. (Brashear) Sankey,
was born Jan. 14, 1867, near Cambridge, O. He made a
public confession of his faith in the United Presbyterian
church of Arkansas City, Kan., at the age of twenty. His
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preparatory studies were pursued in the public schools of
Arkansas City and in the preparatory department of Emporia
College, from which he graduated in 1895. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the same year, he took the full three
years' course, graduating in 1898. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Emporia June 15, 1897 and ordained by the
same Presbytery, June 7, 1898, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of the church at Cottonwood Falls, Kan., from
which he was released April 10, 1901. From 1900 to 1901
he was editor of the Kansas Endeavorer Monthly. In May
1901 he began serving the church at Peabody, Kan., and was
installed its pastor in May 1902. This relation was dissolved
April 15, 1903. He was pastor of Grace Church, Peoria, 111.,
from Sept. 24, 1903 to Sept. 20, 1910. At this time ill health
compelled him to give up active work. He resided in Em-
poria, Kan. for a short time and then in Roswell, New Mexico,
for a year. In September, 191 1, he was taken to a sanitarium
in Denver, Col., where he died Oct. 28, 191 1, of tuberculosis,
in the 45th year of his age. He was buried at Emporia, Kan.
He received the degree of D.D. from Emporia College in 1910.
He was married Nov. 9, 1898, in Emporia, Kan., to May
Carlotta Taylor, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
THOMAS BEERY SHANNON,
Son of Richard and Mary Ellen (Berry) Shannon, was born
Dec. 23, 1871, in Bealeton, Va. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of New London, Pa.,
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the West Nottingham Academy, at Colora, Md. He
spent the years 1893-94 in teaching and then entered Lafayette
College, from which he graduated in 1898. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 190 1. He was licensed by
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the Presbytery of Lehigh April 17, 1900, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Morris and Orange, Sept. 27, 1901, being at
the same time installed pastor of the Kilburn Memorial
Church, Newark, N. J. which he served until his death, which
occurred Oct. 14, 191 1, in Newark, N. J., of pneumonia, in
the 40th year of his age. He was buried in the Fairmount
Cemetery of Newark. At the time of his death he was super-
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey.
He was married June 22, 1904, in Vailsburg, Newark, N.
J., to Rebecca Edwards, who with two daughters survives him.
JOHN BOGGS EDGAR,
Son of John and Elizabeth (Boggs) Edgar, was born Sept. 29,
1878, in New Bloomfield, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church of
Chambersburg, Pa., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Chambersburg Academy, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1900. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he remained
one year. Having given up the ministry, he engaged in the
jewelry and insurance business in Charleston, W. Va., from
1902 until his death, which occurred Sept. 5, 1909, in Charles-
ton, W. Va., as the result of burns due to a gasoline ex-
plosion, in the 31st year of his age. He was buried at
Charleston.
He was married Aug. 25, 1903, in Charleston, W. Va., to
Hilda Novelle, who with one son and one daughter survives
him.
GBEEE ALVIN FOOTS,
Son of Franklin Fulton and Alice Evaline (McClelland)
Foote, was born March 20, 1873, in Pennsville, O. He made
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a public confession of his faith in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued at the public schools of Morgan and Noble Counties
in Ohio, and at the Marietta Academy, O. He taught in the
public schools of Ohio, from 1889 to 1893. He took the
first year of his college course in Marietta College, from 1893
to 1894, and then engaged in teaching again in the public
schools of Ohio for four years, when he entered Wittenberg
College, from which he graduated in 1901. The first two years
of his theological course were spent in the theological depart-
ment of Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1901-03, and he
entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the latter year,
completing his course there, and graduating in 1904. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle, Oct. 4, 1904, and
ordained by the s.ame Presbytery, Nov. 2, 1904, being at the
same time installed pastor of the First Church of Delaware
City, Del., from which he was released May 12, 1907. From
September 1907 until the close of the year, he was principal
of the public schools of Silver Plume, Col. He served the
First Church of Glenwood Springs, Col., as pastor elect, from
November 1907 until installed its pastor, Jan. 1, 1908. He
continued in this charge until his death, which occurred Jan.
21, 1912, at Glenwood Springs, Col., of appendicitis, in the
40th year of his age. He was buried at Sharon, O. He was
twice president of the Delaware State Christian Endeavor
Union.
He was married July 3, 1906, in Buffalo, O., to Elsie
Elizabeth Robins, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
FEASEH LOCHLAND MacLEOD,
Son of Charles Leonard and Eliza Jane (Ingraham) Mac-
Leod, was born Jan. 13, 1876, at Middle River, Cape Breton,
Can. He made a public confession of his faith in the United
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Presbyterian church of Chicopee, Mass., at the age of six-
teen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Mt. Her-
mon School, Mass., and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
versity in 1904. He began his studies in Princeton Seminary
while a student in the college, remaining a year 1903 to 1904.
He then spent a year in the Union Theological Seminary, New
York, returning to Princeton Seminary in 1905, and graduating
therefrom in 1906. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Castle, April 10, 1906, and ordained by the same Pres-
bytery, May 14, 1906, being at the same time installed pastor
of the Green Hill Church, Wilmington, Del. He was released
from this charge Oct. 7, 1908, when he was obliged to give
up his work on account of his health. He went first to Sara-
nac Lake, N. Y., for the restoration of his health, and in 1909
to Colorado Springs, Colo., where he resided until his death,
which occurred Aug. 19, 191 1, on the train as he was journey-
ing to Colorado Springs, of tuberculosis, in the 36th year of
his age. He was buried at Northfield, Mass.
He was married June 14, 1906, in Glenbrook, Conn., to
Sarah Presland Whalen, who with one daughter survives him.
FRANK ABDON LUNSFORD REID,
Son of Hugh Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth (Alexander) Reid,
was born Dec. 4, 1877, in Mecklenburg County, N. C. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Sharon, N. C, at the age of twelve. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the Bain Academy, Mint Hill,
N. C. He spent two years in Davidson College and then
entered the University of North Carolina, from which he
graduated in 1902. He spent the next year in teaching. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1903, he remained there
one year. He completed his theological course in the Louis-
ville Theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1906.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Louisville (South) in
19 2 NEUROLOGICAL REPORT [ T 9 T 2
May 1900, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lafayette, Oct.
30, 1906. His only pastorate was that of the First Church at
Lee's Summit and the Memorial Church at Wallace, Mo., from
Dec. 2, 1906 to July 1910. After this he resided near Sharon,
N. C, until his death, which occurred June 23, 191 1, at Sharon,
of tuberculosis, in the 34th year of his age. He was buried
in the church graveyard, of Sharon, X. C.
He was married Jan. 25, 1910, in Lee's Summit, Mo., to
Nancy Cudgel Drishell, who with one daughter survives him.
CLAEENCE HENEY SCHWENKE,
Son of Charles William and Mattie (Strawn) Schwenke, was
born March 4, 1881, in Logan, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Methodist church of Logan, at the
age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Logan High School, and he graduated from Wooster
University in 1903. During the next three years he engaged
in teaching in the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut, Syria.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1906, he took the full
three year's course there, graduating in 1909. He was li-
censed and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of New
Castle, Oct. 6, 1908. His only pastorate was that of the
church at Matteawan. N. Y.. from Oct. 18, 1909 until his
death, which occurred Nov. 21, 191 1, at Matteawan, of typhoid
fever, in the 31st year of his age. He was buried at Logan, O.
He was married May 18, 1909, in Marysville, O., to Edith
E. Hopkins, who survives him.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
HENEY DAVID KUET2 (ZUTZ),
Son of John and Annie (Diener) Kutz, was born Feb. 12,
1844, near Reading, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith at about the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the public schools and in Bucknell College,
and he graduated from Wittenberg College, O., in 1863. He
was licensed by the Lutheran East Pennsylvania Synod in St.
John's Lutheran Church at Lancaster, Pa., in the fall of 1868,
and was ordained by the same Synod at Harrisburg, Pa., in
October 1870. He graduated from the Yale Divinity School
in 1873. He was dismissed from the Lutheran Church to the
Congregational Conference of Ohio, Oct. 30, 1875, an d was
pastor of the Congregational church at Findlay, O., from 1875
to 1877, and of the Congregational church at New Haven,
N. Y., from 1877 to 1879. In the fall of the latter year he
entered the Seminary at Princeton as a graduate student, re-
maining one year. He was received by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick March 30, 1880, and engaged in evangelistic work
in New York City during that year. He then moved to Syra-
cuse, N. Y., where he resided from 1881 to 1883. Leaving the
ministry at this time, he became a dentist and engaged in the
practice of this profession in Worcester, Mass., from 1883 to
1886, and in Allentown, Pa., from 1886 until his death, which
occurred Aug. 7, 19 10, in Philadelphia, of ptomaine poison-
ing, in the 67th year of his age. He was buried at Allen-
town, Pa.
He was married Feb. 8, 1877, m Wauseon, O., to Mrs.
Clara Gunilda (Canfield) Lathrop, who with one daughter
survives him.
194 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [1912
EENDRIE JACOBUS BUST,
Son of Gerhardus Willen Daniel and Beatrix Hendrina
(Truter) Rust, was born June 8, 1878, in Malmesbury, Cape
Colony, S. A. He made a public confession of his faith in the
Dutch Reformed church of Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, at the
age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the public school of Moorreesburg, Cape Colony, and he gradu-
ated from Victoria College at Stellenbosch in 1899. He then
entered the Theological Seminary at Stellenbosch from which
he graduated in 1903. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the same year as a graduate student, remaining one
year. He was licensed by the Synod of the Dutch Reformed
Church of South Africa, Dec. 9, 1904, and ordained by the
same Synod at GraafT Reinet, April 15, 1905. From December
1904 to September 1905 he was the associate minister of the
Dutch Reformed church at Graaff Reinet. He then began his
work as travelling secretary to the Christian Endeavor Union
of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa, in which he
was engaged until his death, which occurred Sept. 20, 1906, in
Moorreesburg, S. A., of consumption, in the 29th year of his
age. He was buried at Moorreesburg, S. A.
He was married Jan. 31, 1905, in Stellenbosch, S. A., to
Wilhelmina Krige, who with one son survives him.
SAMUEL GUY FINNEY,
Son of David and Sarah Mary (Patterson) Finney, was born
Nov. 22, 1883, in Blythedale, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Reformed Presbyterian church of
McKeesport, Pa., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the preparatory school of Geneva Col-
lege at Beaver Falls, Pa., under the tuition of his father, and
he graduated from Geneva College in 1905. His theological
course was taken in the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary at
Allegheny, Pa., from 1905 to 1908. In the latter year he
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entered the Seminary at Princeton as a graduate student, re-
maining one year. He was licensed by the Reformed Pres-
byterian Presbytery of Pittsburgh, May 14, 1907, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Walla Walla of the Presbyterian Church
in U. S. A., Oct. 1, 1909. For a year after this he engaged in
home missionary work in Othello, Wash., and then was pastor
of the church at Tillamook, Ore., from 1910 to 191 1, when ill
health compelled him to give up his church. His attempts to
recover his health were unavailing, and he died Dec. 31, 191 1,
in the Mentone Sanitarium near Redlands, Cal., of tubercu-
losis, in the 29th year of his age. He was buried at McKees-
port, Pa. He received the degree of B.D. from Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1909. He was unmarried.
JAMES ROBERTSON WEST,
Son of the Rev. Dr. James Durham and Mary Robertson
(Waddel) West, was born April 6, 1881, in Pontotoc, Miss.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Hebron, Miss., at the age of nine. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the public school of Bryan, Tex.,
and he graduated from the Austin College, Tex. in 1902.
After this he became a student of the University of Texas,
from which also he graduated in 1905. His theological course
was taken in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Aus-
tin, Tex., from which he graduated in 1905. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Brazos, April 18, 1905 and ordained by
the Presbytery of Central Texas, Nov. 7, 1905. From 1905
to 1906 he served the churches of Wortham, Frost and Pur-
dou, Tex. ; from 1906 to 1907 the churches of Maysfield, Zion
and Rosebud, Tex., and from 1908 to 1909 the churches of
Lonoke and Brinckley, Ark. He entered the , Seminary at
Princeton as a graduate student in 1909, remaining one year.
From 1910 to 191 1 he supplied the churches at Zion and
Monroe, Miss., and during the same time taught the ancient
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and modern languages in Chickasaw College, Pontotoc, Miss.
He died Oct. 4, 191 1, in Newton, Miss., of typhoid fever, in
the 31st year of his age. He was buried at Newton. He
was unmarried.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Adams, James Bailie 148
Ainslee, George 170.
Alexander, James McKinney 156
Archibald, Samuel 164
Baldwin, Caleb Cook 133
Beattie, Robert Jackson 171
Blauvelt, George Mancius Smedes 138
Brown, Bailie 185
Butler, Edward Page 169
Caffrey, Philip Scott 149
Carmich ael, John A 172
Chambers, James 173
Clarke, William George 182
Criswell, Robert Ancrum 136
Dewey, Finlay McNaughtan 180
Donehoo, James Ramsey 186
Edgar, John Boggs 189
Ennis, Robert 166
Finney, Samuel Guy 194
Foote, Grier Alvin • 189
Fullerton, Edward Grier 184
Giboney, George William 183
Jennison, Joseph Fowler 141
Kellogg, Henry Marttn 178
Kurtz, Henry David 193
Lanning, William Mershon 128
Latimer, Thomas Davif.s 174
Lowrie. Newell Samuei 153
McConaughy, Nathaniel 146
McCook, John James 130
McGilvary, Daniel 142
MacLeod, Fraser Lochlanp 190
McMurray, John 151
Menaul, Johv 165.
X 9 8 INDEX [1912
Mitchell, David Henry x c 2
Murray, Chester Paul ijc
Murray, David Lovell ^3
Negley, Theodore Shields 179
Paige, James Alexander !37
Patterson, Robert Mayne 150
Paull, George Alfred 181
Pierce, George Ross 158
Ramsay, James Ross 134
Reid, Frank Abdon Lunsford 191
Remington, Charles William 158
Riddle, David Hoge 167
Rinker, Henry ! 135
Roddick, George 144
Roddy, George Black 184
Russell, Alexander Gatherer 176
Rust, Hendrik Jacobus 194
Sankey, James Alvan 187
Schwenke, Clarence Henry 192
Scott, James Robinson 145
Shannon, Thomas Berry 188
Sickels, William Walton 139
Smyth, George Hutchinson 159
Stewart, Calvin Wilfred 147
Stewart, James Harris 169
Taggart, Samuel B 154
Thomson, Eberle Willis 162
Tooker, Nathaniel I3 2
Urquhart, James T °7
Vail, Richard Philip Hart 163
Van Dyke, Henry Nevius l 77
West, James Robertson ! 95
Wilson, Jonathan T 43
Wines, Frederick Howard • I0 i
Wood, Francis Marion I 55
Young, John Newton x 40
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 6th, 1913
By the Secretary
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I 9 I 3
NOTICE
The new office of Editor of the Xecrological Reports having been
created and the undersigned having been elected to that office, he
earnestly solicits the aid of all the Alumni of the Seminary in the prep-
aration of these Reports. When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices,
funeral or memorial sermons, and any other information will be grate-
fully received. Let these be sent, as soon as possible after the death
of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1913-1914
Rev. William B. Jennings, D.D., '83, President
Rev. George C. Yeisley, D.D., '74, Vice-President
Prof. Kerr D. Macmillan, '97, Secretary
Prof. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., 'So, Treasurer
Rev. Thomas R. McDowell, '84, r Additional Members
Rev. Frank Lukens, '94, J of the
Rev. Hugh W. Rendall, '04, ^Executive Committee.
200
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ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 6, 1913.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall
at 1 p. m., with the President, the Rev. J. G. K. McClure, D.D.,
LL.D., 'ji), in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev.
Charles Wood, D.D., '73. At the close of the dinner the
Association was called to order for a brief business session.
The Executive Committee presented its report which was
adopted as amended and is as follows :
Officers for the ensuing year :
President — The Rev. William B. Jennings, D.D., of the
class of '83.
Vice-President — The Rev. George C. Yeisley, D.D., of the
class of '74.
Secretary — Professor Kerr D. Macmillan, of the class
of '97.
Treasurer — Professor W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., of the
class of '80.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
Thomas R. McDowell, of the class of '84, Rev. Frank Lukens,
of the class of '94, and Rev. Hugh W. Rendall, of the class
of 1904.
202 NECR0L0GICAL REPORT [19*3
The office of Editor of the Necrological Reports was created
and filled by the election of the Rev. J. H. Dulles, the retiring
Secretary of the Association. The Rev. W. B. Jennings, D.D.,
appointed to prepare a minute with reference to the retiring of
the present Secretary after a service of twenty-six years,
offered the following which was adopted :
"Mr. Dulles has been Secretary of this Association for
twenty-six years, during which time he not only has discharged
with marked efficiency the ordinary duties of a Secretary, but
also prepared all the Necrological Reports and issued two edi-
tions of the General Biographical Catalogue — a monumental
achievement.
"Be it therefore resolved, that the Alumni Association
hereby express to Mr. Dulles its high appreciation of his splen-
did work, its profound gratitude for his faithful service, and
its regret at his resignation."
The Necrological Report was ordered printed and distrib-
uted as usual.
The report of the Treasurer was presented by him, and
accepted without reference to a committee of audit.
The Treasurer's report is as follows:
William Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Association
of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Dr.
1913. Balance May 6, 1912 (see last Report) $4.01
Interest @ 5% 20
$4.21
Cr.
1913. Balance May 6, 1913 $4- 21
William Brenton Greene, Jr.
Treasurer.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced
by the President : President Patton, representing the Faculty ;
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the Rev. Henry M. MacCracken, D.D., LL.D., ex-Chancellor
of the University of New York, representing the class of '63 ;
the Rev. W. H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., representing the class of
'73 ; the Rev. William B. Jennings, D.D., representing the
class of '83 ; the Rev. Andrew T. Taylor, D.D., representing
the class of '93, and the Rev. Raymond H. Wilson, represent-
ing the class of '03. The benediction was pronounced by the
Rev. William E. Jones, D.D., of the class of '53, and the
Association adjourned.
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Secretary^
204 NECR0L0GICAL REPORT [19*3
ABSTRACT OF THE
Necrological Report
FOR 1913
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1003, contains notices
of fifty-two former students of the Seminary. Five of these should
have been included in earlier Reports, but the fact of their death did
not reach the Secretary in time.
Of the fifty-two the oldest as alumnus, was James Park, D.D., '46;
the oldest in years was David Agnew Wilson, D.D.. '51, who came
within five days of completing his 91st year. One other passed his
ooth year, sixteen others their 80th, fourteen others their 70th and ten
their 60th. The youngest died at the age of twenty-eight. The average
age of the fifty-two was seventy years, one month and seven days. This
is the highest, with one exception, ever recorded in these Reports, that
is, since 1875. The average age at which they made a public confession
of their faith was sixteen years and four months.
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NECROLOGICAL REPORT
205
The Report contains the following names :
ALUMNI
CLASS
1846. Edward Baldwin Bruen
James Park, D.D.
1850. Benjamin Leander Beall
1851. David Agnew Wilson, D.D.
1852. Michael Henry Bittinger
George Spafford Woodhull, D.D.
1853. Alexander W. Sproull
1854. William Havens Lester, D.D.
Joseph Hamilton Mathers, D.D.
1855. Henry Barrington Pratt
Isaac Norton Rendall, D.D.
1856. Walter Varick Couch
1858. Thomas Davis Simonton, D.D.S.
1859. James Gibson, D.D.
Henry Flavel Lee
John Leverett Merrill
i860. John Backer Kugler
1 86 1. Edward Alexander Guy
Samuel Orlando Lee
1862. William Given Andrews, D.D.
George Mason Life
1864. Newton James Conklin
Homer Sackett Newcomb
1866. Bfnjamin Gilbert Benedict
William McGlathery
David Brainerd Perry
Stephen Wilson Pomeroy
William Henry Sawtelle
Frederic Eichelberger Shearer, D.D.
1868. John Carrington, D.D.
1869. Charles Seely Wood
1873. David Merchant Davenport, D.D.
William Scott Frackelton
Samuel Macauley Jackson, D.D., LL.D.
George Tiffany McClelland
Thomas Parry, D.D.
James Rosborough
DIED
Dec.
15,
1912
July
14,
1912
Feb.
14,
1913
Nov.
30,
1912
Feb.
22,
1913
Sept.
9,
1912
Dec.
13,
1912
Nov.
22,
1912
Aug.
31,
1912
Dec.
II,
1912
Nov.
IS,
1912
Dec.
26,
1912
Dec.
14,
1907
May
20,
1912
May
24,
1912
Jan.
30,
1913
Oct.
3,
1912
Jan.
26,
1913
Dec.
31,
1912
Dec.
23,
1912
July
23,
1909
Jan.
4,
1913
Nov.
8,
1911
Dec.
9,
1912
Apr.
18,
191 1
May
21,
1912
July
5,
1912
Nov.
8.
1912
July
20,
1912
Oct.
15,
1912
Nov.
20,
1912
Feb.
n,
1913
Jan,
31,
1912
Aug.
2,
1912
Jan.
12,
191 1
July
1,
1912
Jan.
23,
1913
206 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 x 3
1874. William Henry Hubbard, D.D., LL.D.
1876. John Donnan Countermine, D.D.
Samuel McLanahan
1881. Edward Charles Evans, D.D.
1886. William Fraser
George Newell Karner
1887. Chalmers Fraser, D.D.
William Beeson Hamilton, D.D.
Elmer Briton Waller
1890. Henry Coleman Baskerville, Ph.D.
1896. Benjamin Jones Morgan
1897. John Archibald McKee
1905. Roy Chalmers Fleming
1908. Robert Howard Mulholland
1912. Nathaniel Rue Foster
Jan.
3i,
1913
Dec.
10,
1912
Nov.
3,
1912
Oct.
23,
1912
Feb.
17,
1912
July
26,
1912
Oct.
8,
1912
June
1,
1912
Mar.
29,
1913
June
30,
1912
Mar.
8,
1913
Mar.
31,
1913
June
12,
1912
Oct.
6,
1912
June
17,
1912
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ALUMNI
EDWARD BALDWIN BRUEN,
Son of James and Catherine (Baldwin) Bruen, was born July
17, 1823, in Newark, N. J. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Fifth (now Arch Street) Presbyterian Church in
Philadelphia, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Classical Academy of Joseph Engles in
Philadelphia, and he graduated from the University of Penn-
sylvania in 1842. He then spent one year in the study of He-
brew. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1843, re ~
maining two years. He spent the last year of his theological
course in Union Seminary, N. Y., graduating therefrom in
1846. He was licensed by the Third Presbytery of New York,
April 10, 1846, and ordained by the Fourth Presbytery of
Philadelphia, June 25, 1848. He supplied the First Church of
Southwark, Philadelphia, from 1846 until installed its pastor
at the time of his ordination, and continued in this charge until
March 25, 1858. He engaged in work as an evangelist in
Philadelphia, from 1859 to 1864; was stated supply of the
Mantua (West Hope) Church, Philadelphia, 1864-68; was an
evangelist in Philadelphia, 1869-73; was stated supply of the
Logan Square Church, Philadelphia, in 1874, and stated supply
of the South Street (Atonement) Church, Philadelphia, from
December 1874 until installed its pastor, March 16, 1876,
and continued pastor of this church until 1909. In May of this
latter year the Church of the Atonement and the Scots Church
of Philadelphia were united under the name of the latter church,
and Mr. Bruen became pastor emeritus of this church from that
time until his death, which occurred Dec. 15, 1912, in Philadel-
208 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 : 3
phia, of old age, in his 90th year. He was buried in the Central
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Mr. Buren was a resi-
dent of Philadelphia from his twelfth year until his death.
As an evangelist he labored in the churches of Xew Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
He was married June 27, 1848, in Philadelphia, to Rebecca
Guest Tunis, who died Jan. 3, 1904. One daughter sur-
vives him.
JAMES PAEE, D.D.,
Son of James and Sophia (Moody) Park, was born Sept.
18. 1822, in Knoxville, Tenn. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville,
at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Hampden Sidney Academy of Knoxville and in the pre-
paratory department of the East Tennessee University from
which institution he graduated in 1840. He then spent three
years in mercantile pursuits. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1843, he took the full three years' course there, graduat-
ing in 1846. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Holston,
Oct. 4, 1846, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of
Knoxville, Oct. 5, 1848. He was stated supply of the Pleasant
Forest, Ebenezer and Lebanon churches, Tenn., from 1846 to
1853. During this time he was provisional principal of the
Presbyterian Academy at Campbell's Station. Tenn., from
1849 to 1850, and co-principal of the Knoxville Female Semi-
nary, from 1850 to 1 85 1. He was stated supply of the First
Church of Rogersville, Tenn., from 1853 to J 856. From
1855 to 1859 ne was president of the Female College of
Rogersville. He supplied the churches of Pleasant Forest and
Cedar Spring. Tenn.. from 1859 to 1866, and during this
pastorate was principal of the Tennessee School for the Deaf
and Dumb, 1859-61. He served the First Church of Knox-
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ville, Tenn., as pastor-elect from February 1866, until in-
stalled pastor, Oct. 15, 1876. This relation was dissolved
in July 1905, at which time he was made pastor emeritus.
He continued his residence in Knoxville until his death, which
occurred July 14, 1912, in Knoxville, of old age, in his 90th
year. At the time of his death he was the oldest living alum-
nus of the University of Tennessee and of the Princeton
Theological Seminary. He was buried in the Old Gray
Cemetery, Knoxville. He received the degree of D.D. from
the University of Tennessee in 1874. Dr. Park was stated
clerk of the Presbytery of Knoxville, from 1859 to 1882, and
of the Synod of Nashville, from 1866 to 1892. He was a
trustee of the University of Tennessee from 1874 until his
death. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church in 1890. In 1857 he was elected
president of Washington College, E. Tenn., but declined. He
published : The First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tenn.,
1876, the Centennial of the First Presbyterian Church, Knox-
ville, 1896, and the Life and Services of Horace Maynard,
1903.
He was married May 27, 1847, i n Lexington, Va., to Phebe
Caruthers Alexander, who died July 28, 1908, after more than
fifty years of married life. Two sons and four daughters
survive him.
BENJAMIN LEANDER BEALL,
Son of Aza and Susan Rebecca (Remsen) Beall, was born
Sept. 18, 1827, in Lincolnton, Ga. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in a Methodist church at the age of
thirteen, and united with the Presbyterian church of Lincoln-
ton at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in Lincolnton and Woodstock, Ga., and he graduated from
Oglethorpe University, Ga., in 1846. He was a student in
210 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9I3
the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C, from 1846 to
1847, and then studied privately under the Rev. John C.
Gretter in Greensboro, N. C. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1848, remaining until the spring of 1849. An
affliction of the throat obliged him to return to the South. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Orange, June 15, 1849,
and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Concord, Oct.
4, 185 1. He was stated supply of the churches at Salem,
Taylorsville and Wilkesboro, N. C, 1850-54; an evangelist and
teacher in Salisbury, N. C, 1854-56; stated supply of the
church at Fishing Creek, S. C, from 1856 until installed its
pastor the year following, and continued in this relation until
1859. He then was evangelist and teacher in Lenoir, N. C,
1859-61 ; stated supply at Mocksville and Franklin, N. C, 1861-
64. He then served as a missionary in the confederate army
for a few months. He was stated supply of the churches
of New Hope and Dallas, N. C, 1865-67; acted as mission-
ary in the Presbytery of Concord, 1867-72 ; stated supply
at Taylorsville, N. C, 1873-75 ; engaged in missionary work in
Caldwell County, N. C, 1875-77, an d m home missionary work
in Gainesville, Texas, 1877-78; was stated supply of the
church at Lenoir, N. C, from 1879 to 1882. After this he
labored as an evangelist in the Presbytery of Concord, from
1883 to 1888, residing at Lenoir. Later he took up his resi-
dence in Greensboro, N. C, residing there until his death,
which occurred Feb. 14, 1913, in the 86th year of his
age. He was buried in Greensboro, N. C. He was for a time
a trustee of Davidson College, N. C. He was moderator and
stated clerk of the Presbytery of Concord several times, and
was a commissioner to the General Assembly in 1855 and
1874. He published various newspaper articles on church sub-
jects. For a time he was agent for the Concord Female Col-
lege, and was financial agent of the Statesville Female College,
N. C. He established the Finley High School at Lenoir, S. C,
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and taught in that institute one year in i860. In the early
part of 1888 he was severely injured in a railroad accident,
and after that did little public ministerial work.
He was twice married: (1) July 18, 1849, near Lexington,
N. C, to Mary Paisley Rankin, who died Oct. 29, 1859;
(2) July 29, 1862, in Sharon, N. C, to Jane Elizabeth Alexan-
der, who, with two sons by his first wife and four sons and
one daughter by his second, survives him.
DAVID AGNEW WILSON, D.D.,
Son of David and Martha (Agnew) Wilson, was born Dec. 5,
1 82 1, near Gettysburg, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Hill Church, an independent church seceded
from the Associate Reformed Church, at the age of eighteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the country schools
near his home, in a private school in Gettysburg, and in the
preparatory department of Marshall College, Pa., and he
graduated from this institution in 1845. After his graduation
he taught in the Classical School of Bourke County, N. C,
1845-47, and was a tutor in Marshall College, 1848-49. He
took the first year of his theological course in the German
Reformed Seminary at Mercersburg Pa. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton as a partial student in 1849, he remained for
two years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle,
April 8, 1 85 1, and ordained an evangelist the day following
by the same Presbytery. After his ordination he went to
Liberia, Africa, as a missionary. He was principal of the
Alexander High School of Monrovia, Liberia, from October,
185 1 to October 1858. Returning to America he was stated
supply of the Second Church of Steubenville, Ohio, from
December 1858 to November 1859; pastor of the church at
Potosi, Mo., from March i860 to September 1861 ; chaplain in
the U. S. Army, from 1861 to 1863 ; pastor of the church at
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Ironton, Mo., from January 1864 to February 1869; super-
intendent of schools of Iron County, Mo., 1868-69; warden
of the Missouri State Prison, 1869-71 ; financial agent of
Lindenwood Female College, St. Charles, Mo., from February
to October 1871 ; pastor of the church at Sullivan, Mo., 1872-
86; pastor of the Birdseye Ridge church, Mo., 1872-83; pastor
of the church at Milan, Mo., 1881-86; stated supply of the
church at Milnor, X. Dak., from June to December 1886; stated
supply of the church at Ironton, Mo., from January 1887 to
May 1888; stated supply of the Laclede, Grantsville, Bethel and
Sedgwick churches, Mo., 1880-89; state supply of the churches
at Minto and Forest River, N. Dak., from June to December
1890, and financial agent for Brookfield College, Mo., 1892-98.
He resided in Milan, Mo., from 1892 to 1904, and in Macon,
Mo., from 1905 until his death, which occurred Nov. 30, 1912,
in Macon, of old age, in his 91st year. He was buried at
Milan, Mo. He received the degree of D.D. from Liberia
College in 1879. He published numerous articles in news-
papers, secular and religious, and in magazines, as well as
several sermons.
He was twice married: (1) April 10, 1851, in Gettysburg,
Pa., to Martha Emeline McConaughy, who died May 4, 1893;
(2) Dec. 29, 1904, in Macon, Mo., to Mrs. Julia Ella Meredith,
who, with one son, survives him.
MICHAEL HENRY BITTINGER,
Son of John and Mary (Coskery) Bittinger was born Oct.
14, 1826, in Georgetown. D. C. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Bridge Street Presbyterian Church
of Georgetown, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Georgetown, under the Rev. James
McYean, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1849.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
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he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1852.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April
28, 1852. He then engaged in teaching in Lewinsville, Va., for
a year, and after that supplied the church at Pearisburg, Va.,
for two years. He was ordained an evangelist by the Presby-
tery of Greenbrier, May 10, 1856. He supplied the church at
Centreville, W. Va., from July 1855, until installed its pastor,
Aug. 13, 1870, and continued pastor of this church until Sep-
tember 1902. During this pastorate he engaged in teaching
in Springfield, W. Va., 1863-64, and in Centreville, 1872-73.
He was superintendent of schools of Monroe County, W. Va.,
from 1874 to 1875. At the close of his pastorate he became
pastor emeritus and resided in Greenville, W. Va., until his
death, which occurred there Feb. 22, 1913, of the infirmities of
age, in his 87th year. He was buried in Greenville.
He was married April 13, 1858, in Rockbridge County, Va.,
to Martha Robinson Moffett, who died Nov. 18, 191 1. Two
sons and one daughter survive him.
GEORGE SPAFFORD WOODHULL, D.D.,
Son of William and Phebe (Carl) Woodhull, was born July
25, 1829, in New York City. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Rutgers Street Presbyterian Church of New
York, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Grammar School of the University of the City
of New York, from which institution he graduated in 1848.
After this he taught in the Grammar School of New York
University for a year. He took the first year of his theological
course in Union Theological Seminary, New York. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1850 as a middler, he completed his
course there, graduating in 1852. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New York, April 21, 1852, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of West Jersey, May 18, 1853.
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He was stated supply of the church at Point Pleasant, Va.,
from 1853 unt il installed its pastor May 10, 1856. This re-
lation was dissolved in 1861. After this he was chaplain of
the 4th Virginia volunteers of the U. S. army from 1861 to
1864. At the close of the war he became stated supply of
the church at Tinmouth, Vt., from 1865 to 1868. After this
he was stated supply of the church at Cambridge, Wis., 1868-
70; principal of a school at Flemington, N. J., 1870-73 ; pastor-
elect of the church at Marinette, Wis., from February, 1874,
and its pastor from August 1877 until 1883; stated supply
of the Washington Avenue Church, East Saginaw, Mich.,
1884-88 and pastor of the First Church of Marlette, Mich.,
from Dec. 4, 1888, to Dec. 16, 1892, when he was honorably
retired from active work in the ministry. He resided after
this in East Saginaw, Mich., from 1893 to 1906; in Detroit,
Mich., from 1907 to 1910, and in Joilet, 111., from this time
until his death, which occurred Sept. 9, 19 12, in Joilet, of
Bright's disease, in the 84th year of his age. He was buried
in the Greenwood Cemetery of Brooklyn. He received the
degree of D.D. from New York University in 1889. He was for
a time stated clerk of the Presbytery of Greenbrier, and of the
Presbytery of Lake Superior, from 1875 to 1883, and also of the
Presbytery of Flint, from 1890 to 1896. He was county agent
for the State Board of Correction and Charities at Saginaw,
Mich., from 1905 to 1907.
He was married Oct. 25, 1855, in Peacham, Vt., to Elizabeth
Dana Martin, who died Feb. 19, 1903. Two daughters sur-
vive him.
ALEXANDER W. SPROULL, D.D.,
Son of George and Elizabeth (Boyd) Sproull, was born May
1, 1828, in the Parish of Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland.
He came to America in his early boyhood and made a public
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confession of his faith in the Ninth Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia, Pa., at the age of sixteen. He graduated from the
Philadelphia High School in 1846, and afterwards studied for
nine months at the Mantua Classical Institute, near Wilmington,
Del. He then spent a year at Lafayette College and graduated
from Washington College, Va., in 1850. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1853. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 7, 1853, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Georgia, Oct. 30, 1853.
He was stated supply of the First Church of Jacksonville, Fla.,
from June 1853 to May 1856; pastor of the First Church of
Chester, Pa., from Sept. 16, 1856, to April 8, 1873 ; pastor
of the First Church of Sag Harbor, L. I., N. Y., from May
20, 1873, to Oct. 16, 1883 ; synodical missionary, residing
in Jacksonville Fla., from September 1883 to May 1889, and
pastor of the Church of Sea and Land, New York City, from
Jan. 5, 1890, to June 12, 1893. He then retired from active
work, residing in Bordentown, N. J., from 1894 to 1897, and
then in Perth Amboy, from 1898 to 1903, and lastly in the
Merriam Home, near Newton, N. J., from 1903 until his death,
which occurred Dec. 13, 1912, in the Merriam Home, of soften-
ing of the brain, in the 85th year of his age. He was buried
at Philadelphia. He received the degree of D.D. from Wash-
ington and Lee University in 1885. He was several times a
commissioner to the General Assembly.
He was married Aug. 5, 1856, in Trenton, N. J., to Annis
Murphy, who died April 19, 1910. One son and one daughter
survive him.
WILLIAM HAVENS LESTEB, D.D.,
Son of Richard and Sarah Frances (Havens) Lester, was
born Dec. 4, 1825, in Bridgehampton, L. I., N. Y. He
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made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Bridgehampton, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Southampton Academy, L. I.,
under the Rev. Samuel Hunting and the Rev. Rowland Ayres,
and he graduated from Amherst College in 1849. He then
taught for two years in Southampton Academy. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 185 1, he remained there nearly three
years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, Jan.
11, 1854, and ordained by the Presbytery of Washington, Oct.
4, 1854, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at West Alexander, Pa. He served this church for the long
period of forty-six years, being released from it April 10,1900,
and made pastor emeritus. He continued his residence in West
Alexander until his death, which occurred Nov. 22, 1912,
in West Alexander, of heart failure, in the 87th year of his
age. He was buried in West Alexander. He received the de-
gree of D.D. from Washington and Jefferson College in 1888.
He was principal of the West Alexander Academy from 1855 to
1857. He published several sermons and addresses.
He was married Aug. 31, 1854, in Bridgehampton, L. I.,
to Julia Elisabeth Hand, who died Jan. 30, 1898. Two sons
and one daughter survive him.
JOSEPH HAMILTON MATHERS, D.D.,
Son of James and Jane (Hutchison) Mathers, was born Aug.
5, 1832, in Mifflintown, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Mifflintown and Lost Creek,
at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Mifflintown, under the Rev. John Hutchison, and later in the
Tuscarora Academy, Pa., and he graduated from Jefferson
College in 1850. He spent the next year at his home. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1 851, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1854. He was licensed by the
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Presbytery of Huntingdon, June 14, 1854, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery, Oct. 8, 1856. He was
stated supply of the church at Richland City, Wis., from Feb-
ruary 1855 t0 April 1864, and stated supply of the churches
of Richland Center and Fancy Creek, Wis., from 1856 to 1864,
having organized these churches. In January 1865, he began
supplying the churches of McConnellsburg, Green Hill and
Wells Valley, Pa., and was installed their pastor in June 1866.
This relation was dissolved, May 15, 1868. His last pastoral
charge was that of the Logan's Valley Church, Bellwood, Pa.,
from July 1868 until July 1907, a period of thirty-nine years.
Upon being released from this charge he was made pastor
emeritus. He continued his residence in Bellwood until 1908
and then resided in Mifflintown until his death, which occurred
Aug. 31, 1912, in Mifflintown, of intercostal neuralgia, soon
after the completion of his 80th year. He was buried in
Mifflintown. He received the degree of D.D. from Washing-
ton and Jefferson College in 1892. Dr. Mathers was a member
of the Sustentation Committee of the Presbytery of Hunting-
don. He was also treasurer and a member of the Board of
Trustees of the same Presbytery. He taught privately and
was superintendent of public schools of Richland County,
Wis., a greater part of the years 1855-64. He was president
of the Bellwood Bank for some years after 1892, and also
president of the Mifflin Bridge Company for several years,
besides being connected with other public enterprises. He
published several sermons and addresses as well as accounts
of his travels in Europe and Palestine. He published also a
History of the Class of 1850 of Jefferson College.
He was twice married : ( 1 ) Dec. 2, 1856, in Mifflintown, Pa.,
to Sarah E. Jacobs, who died Nov. 8, 1869; (2) April 24, 1888,
in Tyrone, Pa., to Elizabeth Rowan Clarke, who, with one
son, survives him.
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HENRY BARRINGTON PRATT,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Alpheus and Catherine Barring-
ton (King) Pratt, was born May 26, 1832, near Darien, Ga.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Roswell, Ga., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Roswell, under Rev. C. S. Dod, and he
graduated from Oglethorpe University, Ga., in 1851. He spent
the greater part of the next year in teaching in his father's
school at Roswell. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1852,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1855.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April
25, 1854, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of
Cherokee, Sept. 27, 1855. He engaged in work as a missionary
at Bogota, Colombia,, S. A., from June 1856 to September 1859.
Returning to this country he supplied the church at Hillsboro,
N. C, from August 1861 to February 1863. The war inter-
rupting his church labors, he became chaplain in the con-
federate army, 1863-64. He was stated supply of the church
at Sugar Creek, N. C, from December 1864 to December
1866 and of the church at Hillsboro, N. C, from January
1867 to December 1869. At this time he returned as a mis-
sionary to Colombia, S. A., remaining from 1869 to 1877.
Returning once more to this country he supplied the church
at Winnsboro, S. C, from 1878 to 1882, and then was pastor
of the church at Lancaster, S. C, from 1883 to 1886. At this
time he became a Spanish translator of the American Bible
Society with his residence at Staunton, Va., from 1886 to 1888.
After this he resided in Tlalpam, Mexico, engaging in the
same work from 1888 to 1890, and in New York City, from
1891 to 1893. During the years 1893-99 he engaged in evan-
gelistic work in Mexico, Cuba, and southwestern Texas. He
was pastor of the Spanish-American Congregational Church of
Brooklyn, N. Y., from January 1900 to October 1902, and
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after this resided in Hackensack, N. J., until his death, which
occurred Dec. 11, 1912, in Hackensack, of a disease of the
liver connected with a general breaking down of his whole
system, in the 81st year of his age. He was buried in Hacken-
sack. In 1881 the degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by
Hampden Sidney College, but declined for conscientious rea-
sons. He published a Spanish translation of "Seymour's
Evenings with the Romanists" in i860, as well as a number of
controversial and other pamphlets in Spanish, among these
"La biblia y sus Oppositores", "La Transubstanciacion", thir-
teen articles on Romanism, and "Libro de Orden Eclesiastico".
He published also a Spanish translation of the shorter cate-
chism, and commentaries in Spanish on the books of Genesis
and Exodus, the former being, at the time of its publication,
1902, the only Protestant Old Testament commentary in the
Spanish language, but his greatest work was his Spanish ver-
sion of the Bible, "La Version moderna", the labor of many
years.
He was married Nov. 7, i860, in Richmond, Va., to Joanna
Frances Gildersleeve, who died Aug. 15,. 1904. Three sons
and two daughters survive him.
ISAAC NORTON RENDALL, D.D.,
Son of Hugh and Harriet (Watson) Rendall, was born Sept.
30, 1825, in Utica, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Utica,
N. Y., at the age of seventeen. He studied privately in
Utica, under the Rev. Joshua Hall Mcllvaine, and he graduated
from Princeton University in 1852. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1855. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Mohawk, Oct. 7, 1858, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery, Oct. 10, i860. From
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1854 to 1855 he was a tutor in Princeton University. He was
stated supply of the church of Oneida Valley, N. Y., from 1858
to 1864, and of the church of Emporium, Pa., from 1864 to
1865, when he was called to take charge of Lincoln University,
then Ashmun Institute, and was president of that institution
from 1865 to 1906, when he was made president ex honore and
professor of evangelism and polemics, serving as such until his
death which occurred Nov. 15, 1912, at Lincoln University,
Pa., in the 88th year of his age. He was buried at Oxford,
Pa. He received the degree of D.D. from Lafayette College
in 1870. He was unmarried.
WALTER VARICK COUCH,
Son of Hiram and Rhoda (Stone) Couch, was born Feb.
18, 1829, in Westfield, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Congregational church of Clinton, N. Y., at
the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Westfield Academy, and he graduated from Hamilton
College in 1851. After this he engaged in teaching and private
study for one year, and then in work as a colporteur for the
American Tract Society in Canada for three months in the
summer of 1853. During the next year he engaged in study at
home. He spent the year 1852-53 in Auburn Theological
Seminary, and entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1854,
completing his course there and graduating in 1856. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Buffalo, June 28, 1854, and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Genesee, Oct. 22, 1857. He
supplied the church at Moscow, N. Y., during the summer of
1856, and the Congregational church at Sherman, N. Y., from
November 1856 to May 1857. At the time of his ordination
he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church of East
Pembroke, N. Y., this relation being dissolved March 4, i860.
From February 1861 to November 1863, he supplied the
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church at Ellicottville, N. Y. He was then agent and district
secretary of the American Tract Society with his residence
in Rochester, from 1864 to 1883. After this he resided in
San Diego, Cal., until his death, which occurred there Dec.
26, 1912, of dementia, in the 84th year of his age. He was
buried in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Cal. His pub-
lished writings were chiefly contributions to various religious
papers, namely, the Occident, the Herald and Presbyter, and
the Presbyterian.
He was married June 27, 1861, in Le Roy, N. Y., to Helen
J'ane Paige, who died Sept. 4, 1884. One daughter sur-
vives him.
THOMAS DAVIS SIMONTON, D.D.S.,
Son of William and Martha (Snodgrass) Simonton, was
born Jan. 25, 1831, in Hanover, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Harrisburg, Pa., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Harrisburg Academy, under Wil-
liam S. Graham and Rev. Mahlon Long. After this he at-
tended the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery from which
he graduated in 1852 with the title of D.D.S., and at once
entered upon the practice of his profession in Harrisburg. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1855, but remained only
a month or two, leaving on account of the state of his health.
He returned to Harrisburg and continued the practice of
dentistry there until 1857, when he went to St. Paul, Minn.,
where he practised his profession until 1906, retiring at that
time on acount of age and feeble health. He died in St. Paul,
Dec. 14, 1907, in the 77th year of his age. He was buried
in the Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul. He was a ruling elder in
the Central Presbyterian Church of St. Paul, from 1857 until
his death, a period of fifty years, and was for several years
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the superintendent of the Sunday School of the same church.
In i860 he was largely instrumental in organizing and pro-
moting the Mercantile Library Association of St. Paul, which
later became the St. Paul Public Library. He also assisted in
organizing a St. Paul Musical Society. In 1873 he assisted in
founding the St. Paul Academy of Natural Sciences. Later
he took part in the formation of an Astronomical Section of
the Minnesota Historical Society. He published a translation
of Kurtz's Bible and Astronomy, Philadelphia, 1857.
He was twice married: (1) May 4, 1864, in Romeo, Mich.,
to Isabella Chandler, who died Oct. 2, 1875; (2) Aug. 11,
1879, in St. Paul, Minn., to Mrs. Emma Merritt Campbell, who
died Feb. 17, 1910. One son by his first wife survives him.
JAMES GIBSON, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. William and Hannah (Young) Gibson,
was born June 15, 1835, m Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ire-
land. He made a public confession of his faith in the Rosemary
Street Presbyterian Church of Belfast, Ireland, at the age of
eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Royal
Academical Institution of Belfast. He was a student in Queen's
College, Belfast, and later in Queen's University, Dublin,
from which he graduated with honors in 1855. He then spent
two years in the study of theology in the General Assembly's
College, Belfast, and after this resided for a year in Nice,
France. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1858, he com-
pleted his theological course there, graduating in 1859. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabeth, April 19, 1859, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Strabane, Ireland, Sept. 26, 1859,
being at the same time installed pastor of the First Church of
Strabane, from which he was released, March 19, 1873. He
was pastor of the Free West Church, Perth, Scotland, from
May 1873 t0 January 1893. O n retiring from this charge
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he was made pastor emeritus. During the following year he
supplied the Scotch Church at Nice, France. Returning to
Scotland he resided in Edinburgh, from 1894 until his death,
which occurred May 20, 1912, in Edinburgh, in the 77th year
of his age. He received the degree of M.A. from Queen's
University, Ireland, in 1857, and that of D.D. from the Theo-
logical Faculty of Ireland in 1884. He published a few ser-
mons, and in 1872 a volume of sermons delivered to his Perth
congregation. He also contributed to the religious press. For
about ten years he was editor of "A voice from Italy".
He was married Oct. 7, 1863, in Edinburgh, to Hannah
McLean, who died Nov. 15, 1907. Two sons survive him.
HENRY FLAVEL LEE,
Son of Abijah and Elizabeth (Strang) Lee, was born July 3,
1830, in Putnam Valley, N. Y. He made a pubilc confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Yorktown, N. Y.,
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Peekskill Academy, N. Y., under Albert Wells, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1855. He spent
the next year on his father's farm on account of his health,
although he had matriculated in Princeton Seminary in Sep-
tember 1855. Returning to Princeton Seminary in 1856,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1859.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Bedford, May 26, 1858,
and ordained by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, April
26, i860. He supplied the church at Newtown, Pa., from
October 1859 until installed its pastor at the time of his ordina-
tion. He was released from this charge May 15, 1861. He
was stated supply of the South Church, Philadelphia, from
1861 to 1862, and of the church at Middletown, Pa., for a
time in 1864. During the civil war he was a hospital chaplain,
and a member of the U. S. Christian Commission. He was
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pastor of the church at Bristol, Pa., 1865-67; stated supply
of the Logan Square Church, Philadelphia, for a time in 1867;
stated supply of the Mariners' Church and chaplain of the
Soldiers' Home, Philadelphia, 1868 to 1869; pastor of the
church in Thompsonville, Conn., 1869-73 ; pastor of the church
at Pottstown, Pa., 1873-80; chaplain of the House of Correc-
tion, Philadelphia, 1880-84, and pastor of the Mariners' Church,
Philadelphia, from May 20, 1884, to Oct. 12, 1908, and pastor
emeritus of this church from this time until his death. After
retiring from active work he resided in Pittsburgh, Pa., where
he died May 24, 1912, of acute cardiac dilation, in the 82nd
year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery at Princeton,
N. J. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly in
1868, in 1873, in 1879 and in 1903. He was chairman of the
General Assembly's Permanent Committee on Seamen and
Soldiers. He was also a member of the Board of Education
for over twenty years. He published a memorial sermon on
the Rev. Joseph Harvey, D.D., in 1873, and a pamphlet on
Temperance in politics in 1888. He established and edited
seventy-five issues of Good News for Sea and Land.
He was married Dec. 17, i860, in Philadelphia, to Anne
Townsend Cooper, who died Jan. 14, 1913. Two daughters
survive him.
JOHN LEVERETT MERRILL,
Son of Abel Kimball and Mary (Leverett) Merrill, was born
May 29, 1833, in Haverhill, N. H. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Congregational Church of Haver-
hill, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Haverhill Academy and in the Kimball Union
Academy of Meriden, N. H., and he graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1856. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
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there, graduating in 1859. He was licensed by the Orange
Congregational Association at Lyme, N. H., May II, 1858, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Donegal, Oct. 31, i860. He
supplied the church at New Harmony, Pa., from May 1859 until
installed its pastor at the time of his ordination. This relation
was dissolved Oct. 21, 1865. During the next year he was
principal of a school in Lancaster, Pa. After this he served
the following Congregational churches : Acworth, N. H.,
from June 1866 to March 1870; Marlborough, N. H., as supply
from April 1870 and then as pastor from May 2, 1871 to
Dec. 8, 1886; Rindge as pastor from January 1887 to August
1891 ; was pastor at Newbury, Vt., from 1891 to 1901. At
this time he ceased from active pastoral work. He resided
after this in Fitchburg, Mass., from 1901 to 1903 ; in Winchen-
don, Mass., from 1903 to 191 1, and in Reading, Mass., from
191 1 until his death, which occurred Jan. 30, 1913, in the
Boothby Hospital, Boston, of uremia-pneumonia, in the 80th
year of his age. He was buried in Haverhill, N. H. During
his pastorate in Acworth, N. H., he was superintendent of
public schools of that place. He was also superintendent of
public schools of Marlborough for three years. He published
a History of Acworth, N. H., 1869, and also several sermons
and historical addresses.
He was married Sept. 11, i860, in Chanceford, Pa., to Mary
Louisa Murphy, who died Feb. 3, 1906. One son survives him.
JOHN BACKER KUGLER,
Son of Joseph and Sarah Maria (Backer) Kugler, was born
March 5, 1832, in Lebanon (then Jacksonville), N. J. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Frenchtown, N. J., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Minerva Seminary of Easton,
Pa., then privately under the Rev. S. F. Porter of Frenchtown,
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N. J., after that in the Classical and English School of
Easton, Pa., and later privately under P. O. Studdiford in
Lambertville, N. J., and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
versity in 1857. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in i860. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Raritan, May 3, 1859, and ordained by the Presbytery of
Donegal, June 12, i860, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church at Strasburg, Pa. He was released from this
charge Nov. 7, 1865. He was the pastor of the church of Mus-
conetcong Valley, N. J., from Dec. 19, 1865, to Oct. 28, 1883 ;
pastor of the First Church of Hoboken, N. J., from Dec. 13,
1883, to March 31, 1890, and pastor of the Amwell First
Church of Reaville, N. J., from May 27, 1890, to Nov. 11, 1900.
After this he resided at Junction, N. J., and later at Clinton,
N. J., occasionally serving churches in the vicinity. He died
Oct. 3, 1912, in Clinton, N. J., of apoplexy, in the 81st year of
his age. He was buried at Easton, Pa. He taught public
schools for three terms at intervals during his preparation for
college, and taught in the private school of Dr. P. O. Studdiford
in Lambertville, N. J., from 1853 to 1854. He also taught in
the Select School at Strasburg, Pa., from 1864 to 1865. He was
a commissioner to the General Assembly three times. He
published "Our National Sins", a sermon, in i860 and "History
of the First English Presbyterian Church in Amwell" in 1912.
He was twice married: (1) July 3, i860, in Easton, Pa.,
to Sarah Sherrerd Green, who died Aug. 1, 1871 ; (2) June
18, 1873, m New Hampton, N. J., to Ann Elizabeth Cramer,
who, with one son, survives him.
EDWARD ALEXANDER GUY,
Son of Alexander and Susan Ann Livingston (Wade) Guy,
was born Aug. 20, 1838, in Hamilton County, Ohio. He made
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a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Oxford, Ohio, at the age of sixteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the High School at Cincinnati, in
the Hughes High School, and in the preparatory department
of Miami University from which he graduated with the "clas-
sical honors" in 1858. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he remained there two years. He then
went to Geneva, Switzerland, and spent a short time in the
Theological Seminary there. While there he conceived the idea
of making a life study of the codices of the Bible with the
purpose of making a translation of them. He never took up the
work of the ministry, but devoted his life to the proposed trans-
lation of the Bible. He resided in New York City, from
1862 to 1866; in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1866 to 1868; in New
York City, from 1869 to 1870; in Cambridge, Mass., from 1871
to 1874; in London, England, from 1874 to 1875; in Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., for a time in 1876; in Cincinnati, Ohio, from
1876 to 1892; in Chicago, 111., from 1892 to 1893; in Balti-
more, Md., from 1893 to 1899; in Washington, D. C, from
1899 to I 9°9> an d in Jacksonville, Fla., from 1909 until his
death, which occurred Jan. 26, 1913, in Jacksonville, of paraly-
sis, in the 75th year of his age. He was buried at Oxford,
Ohio. He published "Textual Corrections of the English Ver-
sion of the New Testament", 1870; "The New Covenant accord-
ing to Matthew, with explanations of the translation, and Songs
of Deliverance", 1883. A second edition of this was issued in
1888, and a third in 1903. He also published two tracts ; "The
Way and the Truth and the Life", 1894, and "Eternal Life and
Immortality", 1899. His will directed that his estate be used
for the publication of the translation of the Bible to which
he had devoted his life.
He was married Feb. 22, 1865, in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mrs.
Mary (Roorbach) Hogins, who died about the year 1870.
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SAMUEL ORLANDO LEE,
Son of Samuel Bryant and Hannah (Wheeler) Lee, was born
April 10,1831, in New Village (Lake Grove), L. L, N. Y. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Congregational
church of New Village, at the age of nineteen. He was edu-
cated in the Millers Place Academy, under William J. Jen-
nings, and at Huntington, L. I., under Edward Fuller, but did
not go to college. Before entering the Seminary he engaged in
teaching and private study. He began teaching as early as
1846, and taught in many places. Among these he taught
in Greenport, L. I., 1854-55, in the House of Refuge, Ran-
dalls Island, N. Y., 1855-56, and in Huntington, L. I., 1857-
58. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
1858, remaining until April of the year following. He did
not complete his theological course but left the Seminary
in response to a strong call from the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions to teach in the Spencer Academy in the Choctaw
Nation. He began this work in September 1859 and was en-
gaged in it until June 1861. After this he taught in Amity ville,
L. I., N. Y., 1862-65; in the Omaha Mission, Neb., 1865-69;
in East Hampton, L. I., N. Y., 1870-71 ; in the common schools,
Suffolk County, N. Y., 1873-76; in Melville, N. Y., 1877-78;
in Green Lawn, N. Y., for a part of 1878; in Centreport, N. Y.,
1878-80; in Ridgewood, N. Y., 1880-81, and in Crab Meadow,
1881-82. After this he was an inspector of customs in New
York City from 1882 to 1908, with his residence in Hunting-
ton, L. I., N. Y., where he died, Dec. 31, 1912, of cirrhosis of
the liver, in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in the
Huntington Rural Cemetery. He was an elder of the First
Church of Huntington, from 1873 until 1912, being the senior
elder at the time of his death.
He was married April 26, 1859, in Huntington, L. I., N. Y.,
to Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, who died April 2, 1908. One son
and three daughters survive him.
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WILLIAM GIVEN ANDREWS, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. William Watson and Mary Anne (Given)
Andrews, was born Oct. 8, 1835, in Kent, Conn. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Grace Protestant Episco-
pal Church of Hamden, Conn., at the age of twenty-two. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Kent, Conn., under his
father and Mr. Ashbel Fuller, and later in the Alger Institute
of Cornwall, Conn., under the Rev. E. W. Andrews and at
East Windsor under the Rev. S. J. Andrews. He graduated
from Marietta College, Ohio, in 1855. He spent the next
four years in teaching, first in the Academy at Peekskill, N. Y.,
for one year, then as principal of the Academy at Fairfield,
Conn., for the next year and again as assistant in the Rectory
School of Hamden, Conn., for two years. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1859, remaining two years. After
leaving Princeton Seminary he was a tutor in Marietta College
from 1861 to 1862. He was ordained a deacon in the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, Sept. 26, 1862, by Bishop Odenheimer
at Princeton, and a priest in the same Church, Jan. 3, 1864, by
Bishop Odenheimer. From 1862 until 1864 he was an assistant
to the rector of Trinity Church, Princeton, and at the same time
engaged in missionary work at Rocky Hill, N. J. He was
rector of Trinity Church, Rocky Hill, from 1864 to 1866;
assistant at Grace Church, Hamden, Conn., from 1866 to 1867;
engaged in missionary work at St. Paul's Chapel, New Haven,
Conn., from February 1868 to August of the same year; was
rector of Ascension Church, New Haven, from Oct. 8, 1868, to
May 22, 1880. He supplied the Trinity Church in Princeton,
N. J., from June 13 to Dec. 14, 1880. He was rector of
Christ Church, Guilford, Conn., from April 24, 1881, to April
15, 1906, when he was made rector emeritus. He continued
residing at Guilford until his death, which occurred Dec. 23,
1912, at Guilford, in the 78th year of his age. He was buried
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in the Alderbrook Cemetery at Guilford. He received the de-
gree of D.D. from Marietta College in 1885. Dr. Andrews was
on the Board of Visitors of the New Haven Hospital, from
1874 to 1880, and for a time was Secretary of the Board and
later its President. He was secretary of the New Haven
Colony Historical Society, from 1873 to 1879; vice-president of
the Connecticut Bible Society, from 1878 to 1879; was a mem-
ber of the American Historical Association, from 1885 until
his death; was a member of the standing committee of the
Diocese of Connecticut, from 1896 to 1906; was archdeacon
of New Haven, from 1893 to 1896; was Dean of the New
Haven Convocation, from 1889 to 1891, and was chairman of
the Committee of Arrangements at the celebration of the 250th
anniversary of the settlement of Guilford, Conn. He was in-
structor in doctrinal theology in the Berkeley Divinity School
at Middletown, Conn., during a part of 1899. He published
many sermons, orations, addresses, biographical and historical
sketches, as well as articles in prose and verse, beginning as
early as 1854. He also published the History of Christ Church
at Guilford, Conn., in 1894.
He was married Dec. 11, 1895, in Washington, D. C, to
Caroline Caldwell Jenkins, who survives him.
GEORGE MASON LIFE,
Son of Samuel and Anna (Weybright) Life, was born Feb. 14,
1830, in Crabbottom, Highland County, Va. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Brownsburg Academy and in the
Tuscarora Academy, Pa., and he graduated from Washington
College, Va., in 1859. He began his theological course in
Union Theological Seminary, Va., in 1859, and entered the
Seminary at Princeton as a senior in 1861, but soon withdrew
on account of ill health. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Northumberland, April 16, 1862, and ordained by the Pres-
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bytery of Tioga, May II, 1863, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Nichols, N. Y., from which he was
released April 3, 1870. After this he had charge of a church
in West Dubuque, la., for about six years. He then became
a farmer with his residence near Traer, la., remaining there
several years. In 1884 he demitted the ministry and took hold of
a farm near Eureka, Kan. He retired from work in 1904.
He resided at Eureka Springs, Ark., from 1904 to 1908 and at
Wichita, Kan., from 1908 until his death, which occurred
July 23, 1909, at Wichita, of paralysis, in the 80th year of
his age. He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka
Springs, Ark.
He was married May 8, 1863, near Washingtonville, Pa., to
Anna Eliza Clark Smith, who died Dec. 2, 1904. One son
survives him.
NEWTON JAMES CONKLIN,
Son of James and Anna Auten (Conover) Conklin, was born
Nov. 2, 1834, in Mt. Morris, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Tuscarora Presbyterian Church of
Mt. Morris, at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Temple Hill Academy of Geneseo, N. Y., and
he graduated from Lafayette College in 1861. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1864. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Feb. 3, 1864,
and ordained by the Presbytery of St. Lawrence, July 19,
1866. Between his licensure and ordination he engaged in work
as a district secretary of the American Tract Society, and at
the time of his ordination was installed pastor of the church
at Gouverneur, N. Y., continuing in this charge until 1879.
He supplied the church at Lakeville, N. Y., from 1879 to 1883.
Again entering the work of the American Tract Society he was
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one of its district secretaries, from 1883 to 1893. After this
he resided in Rochester, N. Y., and was editor of the Rochester
Presbytery News, from 1894 until his death, which occurred
Jan. 4, 1913, in Rochester, of jaundice, with complications, in
the 79th year of his age. He was buried at Mt. Morris, N. Y.
He was stated clerk and treasurer of the Presbytery of St.
Lawrence from 1870 to 1879, and permanent clerk of the
Presbytery of Rochester at the time of his death. He was a
commissioner to the General Assembly in 1868, 1871, and
1878. He published many sermons and newspaper articles in
addition to his writings as editor of the Rochester Presbytery
News.
He was twice married : ( 1 ) May 3, 1863, in Easton, Pa., to
Mary Eliza Greenwald, who died Sept. 6, 1898; (2) Oct. 20,
1902, in Gouverneur, N. Y., to Ida Luceba Gleason, who, with
one son and one daughter, survives him.
HOMER SACKETT NEWCOMB,
Son of David and Hannah (Light) Newcomb, was born
March 17, 1829, in Kent, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Congregational church of Hanover, N. H.,
at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Thetford Academy, Vt., under Hiram Orcutt, and
he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852. He engaged
in teaching, first in a select school of Patterson, N. Y., for two
years; in the Saugerties Academy, N. Y., for one year; in a
boarding school at Yonkers, N. Y., for two years, and in a
boarding school at Patterson, N. Y., for four years. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in 1862 as a middler, gradu-
ating in 1864. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Connecti-
cut, April 22, 1863, and ordained an evangelist by the same
Presbytery, April 17, 1867. He preached in the Presbyterian
church of Princetown, N. Y., as supply from May 1864 to
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May 1865. He supplied the Congregational church of South
Britain, Conn., from July 1865 until installed its pastor, April
17, 1867, an d was released from this charge, July 1872. His
only other pastoral charge was that of the Conyngham Valley
Presbyterian Church at Conyngham, Pa., from January 1875
to June 1881. After this he resided in Patterson, N. Y., until
his death, which occurred Nov. 8, 191 1, in Patterson, of a
cancerous tumor, in the 83rd year of his age. He was buried
in Patterson.
He was married April 19, 1855, in Patterson, N. Y., to Phebe
Sophia Lawrence, who died Feb. 24, 1901. One son and one
daughter survive him.
BENJAMIN GILBERT BENEDICT,
Son of Benjamin Brush and Julia Maria (Painter) Benedict,
was born Dec. 6, 1838, in Patterson, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Patter-
son, at the age of twenty-four. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Patterson, under Homer S. Newcomb, and he grad-
uated from Lafayette College in 1859. He then engaged in
teaching in Leakesville, N. C, for one year and in Croton
Falls, N. Y., for three years. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1863, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1866. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Bedford
(O. S.), April 19, 1865, and was ordained by the Presbytery of
Hudson, Oct. 24, 1866, being at the same time installed pastor
of the Hopewell Church at Thompson Ridge, N. Y. He was
released from this charge Feb. 15, 1870. He supplied the
Reformed Dutch Church at Canastota, N. Y., from Aphil 1870
to June 1871, and the Second Presbyterian Church of Wash-
ingtonville, N. Y., from November 1871 to March 1875. After
this he entered upon the career of a teacher and was so en-
gaged in Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1876 to 1901. He continued
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to reside in Brooklyn until his death, which occurred Dec.
9, 1912, in Brooklyn of apoplexy, in the 75th year of his age.
He was buried in the Englewood Cemetery, Brooklyn.
He was twice married: (1) June 14, 1871, in Crawford,
N. Y., to Mary Catharine Gilbert, who died Nov. 29, 1873 ;
(2) Dec. 26, 1877, in Crawford, N. Y., to Adaline Crawford,
who died Feb. 22, 1899. One son survives him.
WILLIAM McGLATHEEY,
Son of Mehelm and Henrietta (Thomas) McGlathery, was born
Nov. 19, 1839, in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County,
Pa. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Treemount
Seminary, Norristown, Pa., and under a private tutor, and he
graduated from Amherst College in 1862. He then engaged in
teaching for a short time. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1863, remaining only a part of one term. He
spent the years 1864-66 in the Divinity School of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. He was ordained
a deacon by Bishop Stevens, June 20, 1867, and a priest by
Bishop Lee, May 21, 1868. He was curate of St. Luke's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, from 1867 to 1868;
rector of the church at Lambertville, N. J., 1868-69; rector
of the church at Towanda, Pa., 1869-73; rector of Ascen-
sion Church, Fall River, Mass., 1873-75 ; rector of the church
at Pittsfield, Mass., 1875-83, and rector of Grace Church,
Middletown, N. Y., 1883-89. After this he retired from active
labor and resided in Norristown, Pa., until his death, which
occurred April 18, 191 1, in Norristown, Pa., of a gastric
tumor, in the 72nd year of his age. He was buried at Tren-
ton, N. J. He published occasional sermons.
He was married Dec. 30, 1873, in Towanda, Pa., to Char-
lotte E. Mercur, who, with one daughter, survives him.
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DAVID BRAINERD PERRY, D.D.,
Son of Samuel and Mary (Harrington) Perry, was born
March 7, 1839, in Worcester, Mass. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Union Congregational Church of
Worcester, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Worcester High School and he gradu-
ated from Yale University in 1863. He entered the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, remaining one
year. He then spent one year in Union Theological Semi-
nary, New York, and two years in Yale Divinity School from
which he graduated in 1867. He was licensed by the New
Haven Central Congregational Association, June 5, 1867,
for a period of two years. This license was renewed, June
7, 1871. He was ordained an evangelist by a Council of Con-
gregational churches at Crete, Neb., July 11, 1872. He was
a tutor in Yale University from 1865 to 1867 and then spent
two years abroad. Returning to New Haven he was again
a tutor in Yale University. During a part of 1872 he sup-
plied the Congregational church at Aurora, Neb., and the
Congregational churches of Sutton and Harvard, Neb., dur-
ing the year following. He was professor of Greek and Latin
in Doane College, Neb., from 1873 until his death, and presi-
dent of the same from 1881 until his death, which occurred
May 21, 1912, at Battle Creek, Mich., of pulmonary oedema, in
the 74th year of his age. He was buried at Crete, Neb. He
received the degree of D.D. from Yale University in 1898.
His connection with Doane College covered a period of forty
years.
He was married July 3, 1876, in Charlestown, Mass., to
Helen Doane, who, with three sons and one daughter, survives
him.
STEPHEN WILSON POMEROY,
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Wilson) Pomeroy, was born
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Dec. 16, 1836, in Roxbury, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Middlespring,
Pa., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in Academia, Pa., under John H. Shumaker, and he
graduated from Lafayette College in 1861. He was first ser-
geant of the 126th Pennsylvania volunteers from August 1862
to May 1863, and after this served for a time on the Sanitary
Commission. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1863,
taking the full three years' course there, and graduating in
1866. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, July 7,
1865, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Nov. 6, 1868.
He supplied the Seventh Street (Covenant) Church of Har-
risburg, Pa., from September 1866 to April 1867. He was
pastor of the McConnelsburg, Green Hill and Wells Valley
churches from Nov. 6, 1868, to April 12, 1871 ; pastor of the
church of Newton Hamilton, Pa., from Aug. 19, 1871, to
April 9, 1878; of the Mount Union Church, Pa., from Aug.
24, 1871, to April 8, 1884; of the church at Shirleysburg,
Pa., from Oct. 17, 1878, to April 8, 1884, and of the Bald
Eagle, Nittany and Beech Creek churches, Pa., from June 2,
1886, to March 11, 1899. During the interval between the
last two pastorates he resided in ill health at Pleasant View,
Pa. After 1899 he resided in Harrisburg, Pa., until his death,
which occurred July 5, 1912, in Harrisburg, in the 76th year
of his age. He was buried in the Paxtang Cemetery near
Harrisburg. He taught in the Tuscarora Academy from 1857
to 1858.
He was married Nov. 27, 1867, in Pleasant View, Pa., to
Euphemia Knox Smith, who, with one son and three danghters,
survives him.
WILLIAM HENRY SAWTELLE,
Son of Luther Henry and Maria Ann (Hauver) Sawtelle, was
born June 17, 1834, at Port Dickinson, near Binghamton, N. Y.
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He made a public confession of his faith in the First Presby-
terian Church at Binghamton, at the age of fourteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Binghamton Academy,
and he graduated from Hanover College, Ind., in 1862. He
spent the following year in teaching at Spring Hill, Ind. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1863, ne took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1866. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 20, 1865, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Chenango, Nov. 13, 1866, being
at the some time installed pastor of the church at Nineveh,
N. Y., and was released from tiiis charge April 21, 1880.
During the next two years he resided at Greene, N. Y. He
was pastor of the church at Athens, Pa., from Jan. 27, 1882, to
Oct. 29, 1905, and stated supply of the churches of Ulster
and Ulster Village, Pa., from April 1906 to February 1912.
He then moved to Binghamton, N. Y., where he died Nov.
5, 1912, of nervous prostration, in the 79th year of his age.
He was buried in the Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton.
He was married Dec. 11, 1866, in Nineveh, N. Y., to Sallie
Martin Smith, who, with five sons and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
FREDERIC EICHELEERGER SHEARER, D.D.,
Son of George Lewis and Eliza (Eichelberger) Shearer, was
born March 27, 1838, in Dillsburg, York County, Pa. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Lower Tuscarora
Church, Academia, Pa., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Tuscarora Academy, under J. H.
Shumaker, and he graduated from Princeton University in
1862. During the next year he labored as the Washington
agent of the U. S. Christian Commission and as its superin-
tendent at Gettysburg, Pa. He also engaged in the same work
during the first vacation of his seminary course. Entering
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the Seminary at Princeton in 1863, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1866. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Huntington, June 21, 1865, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Long Island, April 15, 1866, being at
the same time installed co-pastor of the church at Southamp-
ton, L. I., and becoming its sole pastor from 1867 to 1870.
He was then district secretary of the American Tract Society,
stationed in San Francisco, Cal., from 1870 to 1884. From
1884 to 1887 ne was editor and publisher of the "Occident",
published at San Francisco. After this he engaged in real
estate and insurance business at Santa Rosa, Cal., from 1887
to 1893. He then resided in Chicago, 111., from 1893 to 1896,
and in New York City from 1896 until his death, which oc-
curred July 20, 1912, in New York City, of inflammation of the
bladder, in the 75th year of his age. He was buried in Wood-
lawn cemetery, New York City. He received the degree of
D.D. from Highland University in 1885. He was stated clerk
of the Presbytery of Long Island, from 1869 to 1870; of the
Presbytery of San Francisco, from 1871 to 1887, and of the
Presbytery of New York, from 1902 to 1907. He was also
stated clerk of the Synod of the Pacific, from 1873 to 1889,
and was moderator of the same Synod in 1874. He was a
director of the San Francisco Theological Seminary from 1875
to 1888. In his early life between the years of 1854 and i860
he engaged in teaching in Cumberland County, Pa. ; in the
common schools of York County, Pa. ; in the Tuscarora
Academy, Pa., in the Burnt Corn Academy, Ala., and in the
Cumberland Valley Institute, Pa. He was the New York City
correspondent of the Presbyterian from 1902 to 1912, until
within three weeks of his death, and he prepared the charges
against Professor McGiffert of Union Theological Seminary, as
well as the appeal and complaint of the Presbytery of New
York to the General Assembly in the same case. He published
a History and Manual of the Presbyterian Church of South-
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ampton, as well as four editions of the Pacific Coast edition,
of the Williams Tourist Guide.
He was married Nov. 14, 1866, in Lancaster, Pa., to Kather-
ine Baker Russel, who, with two sons and one daughter,
survives him.
JOHN CABRINGTOH, D.D.
Son of Joseph and Maria (Webster) Carrington, was born
Aug. 13, 1840, in Princeton, N. J. He made a public confession
of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Princeton, under Mr. John E. Schenck, and he graduated
from Princeton Uinversity in 1865. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18, 1867, and ordained
an evangelist by the same Presbytery, April 26, 1868, having
devoted his life to the work of foreign missions. In June
1868 he sailed for Siam, and was a missionary in that country,
at Bangkok until 1872, and then at Aynthia until 1875, when
he returned to America. He supplied the church at Lehighton,
Pa., from 1875 to 1877, and the churches of Columbia and
Sonora, Cal., from 1877 to 1878; was pastor of the Congrega-
tional church at Antioch, Cal., 1878-81 ; stated supply of the
Presbyterian churches of lone and Amador, Cal., 1881-1882; of
the Lebanon Church, San Francisco, from January 1883 until
installed its pastor, April 4, 1886, and continued in this charge
until Dec. 14, 1889. He then returned to Siam and ministered
to the Second church of Bangkok, from 1890 until 1893. He
was agent of the American Bible Society in Bangkok, from
1890 until his death there, Oct. 15, 1912, of apoplexy, in the
73rd year of his age. He was buried in Bangkok. He received
the degree of D.D. from Princeton University in 1909. His
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duties as agent of the American Bible Society included the
Laos Country as well as Siam. He published a Child's Primer
in the Siamese language as well as translations of Ecclesiastes
and the Song of Songs by Solomon from Hebrew into Siamese.
He also revised some twenty-one books of the Bible in the
Siamese language, and wrote many articles for various publi-
cations on Siamese themes. During his work as agent of the
American Bible Society he served the Presbyterian Board and
its missionaries constantly without compensation.
He was married May 6, 1868, in Trenton, N. J., to Sarah
Eliza Bartine, who, with two sons, survives him.
CHARLES SEELY WOOD,
Son of Seely and Nancy (Burnet) Wood, was born April 19,
1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Central Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, at
the age of eleven. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Cincinnati, under Ebenezer S. Brooks, and he graduated from
Miami University in 1866. He then spent six weeks as col-
porteur for the American Tract Society. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in 1866, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1869. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Cincinnati, Sept. 1, 1868, and ordained an evangelist by
the Presbytery of Winnebago, Nov. 2, 1870. He was stated
supply of the church at Winneconne, Wis., from November
1869 to October 1870, and of the church at Stevens Point,
Wis., from October 1870 to August 1873. During the next
two years he resided in ill health, in Cincinnati. He was
stated supply of the churches of Richwood and York, Ohio,
from April 1875 to February 1876, when ill health again com-
pelled him to give up active work. He suffered an injury
to his spine, through being thrown from a carriage, from which
he never fully recovered. In 1877 he was honorably retired
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from the ministry and resided in Urbana, Ohio, from that time
until his death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1912, in Urbana,
after a surgical operation for cancer, in the 68th year of his
age. He was buried in the Spring Grove Cemetery of Cin-
cinnati. He was a member of the National Geographical
Society. He published Alice and her Two Friends, 1896, On
the frontier with St. Clair, 1902, The Sword of Wayne, 1903,
Camp Fires on the Scioto, 1905, Christmas at Big Moose Falls.
191 1, and Don't give up the Ship, 1912. He also published
historical sketches and articles in "Ohio History Sketches",
1903, and in "Champaign County Centennial Album", 1905,
as well as numerous articles and stories in newspapers. He
was unmarried.
DAVID MEBCHANT DAVENPOBT, D.D.,
Son of David and Huldah (Temple) Davenport, was born
April 10, 1844, in Ironia, N. J. He made a public confession
of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Mendham
N. J., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Mendham, under William Rankin, and he grad-
uated from Princeton University in 1870. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1873. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, April 10,
1872, and ordained by the Presbytery of Westminster, Aug.
12, 1873, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Slateville, Pa. This relation was dissolved Sept. 18, 1888.
He supplied the church at Sumner, Wash., from October
1888 until installed its pastor, Feb. 20, 1890, and was re-
leased from this charge, Jan. 23, 1896. During this pastorate
he was professor of history in Whitworth College, Tacoma,
Wash., for a part of 1894. After this he supplied the church
at Snohomish, Wash., from January 1896 to April 1897, and
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the First Church of Lebanon, Ore., from April 1897 until
April 1904. During the next seven years he engaged in work
as a missionary pastor in connection with the First Church of
Seattle, Wash., serving the churches at Georgetown, Brighton,
the First Church of Seattle, and the Green Lake Church of
Seattle. He died Feb. 11, 1913, in Seattle, of sarcoma, in
the 69th year of his age. He was cremated and his ashes
placed in the crematorium of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery,
Seattle. He received the degree of D.D. from Whitworth Col-
lege in 1897. He was secretary of the Board of Trustees of
Whitworth College at one time and served that college as a pro-
fessor of ecclesiastical and ancient history for three months
in 1891, and as a lecturer on church history for several years,
as well as teaching sacred and secular history during 1894.
He was married Dec. 31, 1873, in Mendham, N. J., to
Sarah Uretta Rankin, who, with two sons and one daughter,
survives him.
WILLIAM SCOTT FRACKELTON,
Son of James Waddell and Mary Scott (Bullick) Frackelton,
was born April 19, 1845, in Glasgow, Scotland. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Ann Arbor, Mich., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued under a private tutor at home, and in
the North Sangamon Academy of Athens, 111. He was a
student in the Illinois State University and in the University
of Michigan, from which latter he graduated in 1867. Be-
fore coming to the Seminary he engaged in the banking
business in Petersburg, 111. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1870, he remained one year. He then spent a year in
the McCormick Theological Seminary. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Springfield, April 10, 1872, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of Colorado, May 14, 1872. He
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engaged in home missionary work at Bozeman, Mont., 1872-73 ;
was stated supply of the church at Knoxville, la., 1874-75;
was stated supply of the church at Dexter, la., in 1876, and
stated supply of the church in Glassboro, N. J., 1877-79.
He then went to Belfast, Ireland. He was pastor of the church
in Tullamore, Ire., from 1881 to 1885. Going to Australia,
he was the pastor of the church at Randwick, New South
Wales, from 1886 to 1896, and pastor of the Ann Street
Church of Brisbane, Queensland, from Sept. 14, 1896, until his
death. He died Jan. 31, 1912, in the Island of Jersey, Great
Britain, in the 67th year of his age. He was president of the
Australasian C. E. Union in 1900 and 1901. He published
numerous sermons and reviews, as well as several pamphlets.
He was editor of the Presbyterian and the Australian Witness,
from 1887 to 1888, and also during a part of 1889. He was a
member of the Polynesian Society ; of the Australia Association
for the Advancement of Science; of the Council of the Aus-
tralian Climatization Society; of the Royal Geographical
Society of Queensland, and of the Royal Society of Queens-
land. He was also an associate of the Victorian Institute
of London, and was founder of the Queensland Charity
Organization.
He was married Dec. 4, 1895, in Melbourne, Aus., to Jean
Alexine Wishart.
SAMUEL MACAULEY JACKSON, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of George T. and Letitia Jane Aiken (Macauley) Jackson,
was born June 19, 1851, in New York City. He made a public
confession of His faith in the Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Church of New York City, at the age of fourteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Ward School, 35, New
York City, and he graduated from the College of the City of
New York in 1870. Entering the Seminary at Princeton the
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same year, he spent one year there. He completed his theo-
logical course in Union Theological Seminary, New York, from
which he graduated in 1873. He was licensed by the Reformed
Classis of New York, Dec. 9, 1875, and ordained by the Pres-
bytery of Jersey City, May 30, 1876, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Norwood, N. J. He was
released from this charge, April 20, 1880. From 1878 to
1880 he was assistant editor of Schaff's Bible Dictionary, and
from 1880 to 1884, associate editor of Schaff-Herzog Ency-
clopedia. From 1885 to 1886 he was editor of the Encyclopedia
of Living Divines, and from 1888 to 1891, editor of the Con-
cise Dictionary of Religious knowledge. From 1889 to 1891 he
was editor of the Magazine of Christian Literature. In 1892
he became associate editor of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.
In 1903 he took up the work of editing the New SchafT-Herzog
Encyclopedia. He was professor of Church History in the
New York University, from 1895 until his death, which oc-
curred Aug. 2, 1912, in Washington, Conn., of pernicious
anaemia, in the 62nd year of his age. He was buried in the
Greenwood Cemetery, New York City. He received the
degree of LL.D., from Washington and Lee University in 1892,
and that of D.D. from New York University in 1893. Dr.
Jackson devoted his life mainly to editorial and bibliographical
work. He studied in Germany from July 1873 to January
1874, and traveled in the Orient from January to July 1874.
From July 1874 to July 1875 he was a student and traveler in
Europe. Beside the editorial work above mentioned he edited
the series of Heroes of the Reformation, and Handbooks for
Practical Workers in Church and Philanthropy. He published a
Bibliography of Foreign Missions, in 1891 ; Huldreich Zwingli,
in 190 1, and Selections from Zwingli, in 1901, and at the time of
his death was engaged in issuing the Latin works of Zwingli.
He was secretary and one of the founders of the American
Society of Church History; was Vice-president of the Charity
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Organization Society of New York City ; was recording
secretary of the New York Prison Association; was president
of the Board of Trustees of the Christian College of Canton,
China. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of
the Burial Reform Association of New York, and of the
Riverside Rest Association of New York . He was a member
of the Reform Club, of the Aldine Club, and of the City Club
of New York, and was Honorary Fellow of the Huguenot
Society of London. He was unmarried.
GEORGE TIFFANY McCLELLAND,
Son of John and Elizabeth (Long) McClelland, was born
Jan. 26, 1844, m Pardoe, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the United Presbyterian church of Crawfords-
ville, la., at tKe age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Washington, la., and in Westminster, Pa., and
he graduated from Monmouth College, 111., in 1869. He then
spent three years in the United Presbyterian Seminary of Mon-
mouth, 111. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1872, he re-
mained nearly a year. He was licensed by the United Presbyterian
Presbytery of Keokuk, April 4, 1871, and ordained by the
United Presbyterian Presbytery of Lake, May 5, 1874. He sup-
plied the United Presbyterian church of Franklin, Pa., from
November 1873 until installed its pastor May 5, 1874, and was
released from this charge in 1876. From July to September
1876 he supplied the United Presbyterian church of Cherry
Fork, Ohio. He then supplied the United Presbyterian church
of Kittanning, Pa., 1876-77, and the United Presbyterian
church of Millersburg, Ohio, 1877-78. After this he en-
gaged in teaching for several years. He supplied the Pres-
byterian church of Mendocino City, Cal., from April 1881
to April 1882. For the next eight years he engaged in business
in San Francisco. From August to October 1891 he supplied
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the churches of Grafton, Emerado, and Devil's Lake, N. Dak.
During 1892 he supplied for several months the churches of
Doddsville, Brooklyne, and Chester, 111., and the churches
of Galena, Baxter Springs, and Louisburg, Kan., for a time
during 1893. He supplied the church at Trenton, 111., from
December 1893 to January 1894, and then the church at
Greenfield, 111., for two months in 1894. His name was
dropped from the roll of the Presbytery of St. Paul, Oct.
6, 1896. He engaged in business in Butte, Mont., from 1896
until his death, which occurred Jan. 12, 191 1, in Butte,
of pleural pneumonia, within two weeks of the completion
of his 62nd year. He was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery,
Butte, Mont. From 1882 to 1886 he was agent in San
Francisco for the Methodist Episcopal Book Concern. He
was unmarried.
THOMAS PARRY, D.D.,
Son of John and Phoebe (Hughes) Parry, was born Oct. 10,
1844, in Llan Rhuadyr, North Wales, Gt. Brit. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Welsh Calvinistic church
of Columbus, Wis., at the age of eight. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Wayland University, Beaver Dam,
Wis., and he graduated from Princeton University in 1870.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1873. H was licensed by the Presbytery of New Bruns-
wick, April 9, 1873, an d ordained by the Presbytery of Kala-
mazoo, Dec. 20, 1875. He supplied the church at Constantine,
Mich., from September 1873 until installed its pastor at the
time of his ordination, and was released from this charge,
May 17, 1877. He was stated supply of the church at Ottawa,
111., during the next year. He then served the following
churches as pastor: First Church of Providence, R. I., 1878-
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80; Central Church, Terre Haute, Ind., 1880-84; Jefferson
Park Church, Chicago, 111., 1884-87; Michigan City, Ind.,
1887-93; Frankfort, Ind., 1893-96; Wilkinsburg, Pa., 1896-
1905, and the First Church of Wichita, Kan., 1906-10. He
then took up his residence in Philadelphia, supplying the
Green Hill Church for a time. In June 191 1 he moved to
Cherry Tree, Pa., where he died July 1, 1912, of a nervous
breakdown, in the 68th year of his age. He was buried at
Cherry Tree. He received the degre of D.D. from Gales-
ville University in 1890. He published a number of sermons.
He was married June 4, 1874, in Grant, Pa., to Cecilia
Crawford Camp, who, with four daughters, survives him.
JAMES E0SB0R0UGH,
Son of William and Martha (Christie) Rosborough, was
born April 15, 1839, in Prince William, N. B., Canada. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Prince William, at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Fredericton, N. B., and at Wood-
stock College, N. B., and he graduated from the University
of New Brunswick in 1869. He spent the following year as
an assistant teacher in Harkens Academy, New Castle, N. B.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1870, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1873. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 10, 1872, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Halifax, July 23, 1873, being
at the same time installed pastor of the church of Mus-
quodoboit Harbor, N. S., and was released from this charge,
Dec. 9, 1883. After this he was pastor of the following
churches in Canada: Shelburne, 1883-87; Tabusintac and
Burnt Church, N. B., 1888-92, and again of Musquodoboit
Harbor, N. S., 1892-1908. During his last pastorate he
served also for a time the churches of Jeddore, Clam Har-
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bour, Ship Harbour, Lakeville and Owl's Head. After 1908
he resided at Prince William, N. B., and died there Jan. 23,
1913, of old age, in his 74th year. He was buried at Prince
William.
He was married Aug. 26, 1873, in Fredericton, N. B., to
Sarah E. Blair, who survives him.
WILLIAM HENRY HUBBARD, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of William Henry and Anna (Hinds) Hubbard, was born
April 16, 185 1, in Clark County, Ky. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church
of Louisville, Ky., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Louisville High School and also
in the Louisville University, and he gradauted from Amherst
College in 187 1. He took the first year of his theological
course in the Andover Theological Seminary, and entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1872, completing his course there
and graduating in 1874. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of New Brunswick, April 15, 1874, and ordained an evan-
gelist by the same Presbytery, Oct. 29, 1874. He supplied
the Congregational church of Rutland, Mass., from 1874 to
1876; was pastor of the Congregational church of Merrimac,
Mass., from 1876 to 1883 '■> was pastor of the South Congrega-
tional Church of Concord, N. H., from 1883 to 1885 ; was stated
supply of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke, Mass.,
from 1885 to 1886. His only other charge was as pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of Auburn, N. Y., from Nov.
29, 1886, to Sept. 27, 1911. He devoted the rest of his life
to the work of the Executive Secretary of the Executive
Commission of the General Assembly. He died Jan. 31, 1913,
in New York City, of valvular heart disease, in the 62nd year
of his age. He was buried in Auburn, N. Y. He received
the degree of D.D. from Berea College in 1905, and later, of
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LL.D. from Gale College, Wis. Dr. Hubbard was a delegate
of the Congregational churches to the General Assembly
at Saratoga in 1884.
He was married Nov. 9, 1886, in Holyoke, Mass., to Eliza-
beth Skinner, who, with three sons, survives him.
JOHN DONNAN COUNTERMINE, D.D.,
Son of James and Sarah (Morrison) Countermine, was born
Aug. 6, 1846, in Duanesburg, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Mariaville,
N. Y., at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were
pursued at Andes, Delaware County, N. Y., under the Rev.
James Smeallie, and at McGrawville, Cortland County, N. Y.,
under the Rev. Alexander Smeallie, and he graduated from
Union College, Schenectady, in 1873. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1876. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Albany, June 9, 1875, and ordained by
same Presbytery, May 2, 1876, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Esperance, N. Y., this relation being
dissolved Nov. 2, 1879. After this he was pastor of the fol-
lowing churches: Medina, N. Y., from May 18, 1881, to
Oct. 26, 1882; the 6th Church, Albany, N. Y., from Dec. 20,
1882, to May 2, 1887; the Clinton Avenue Congregational
Church of Albany, from June 30, 1887, to Aug. 1, 1889; the
Presbyterian church of York, Neb., 1889-93; tne Presby-
terian church of Beatrice, Neb., 1893-97, an d the First
Church of Topeka, Kan., 1897- 1904. From 1904 until 1909
he engaged in evangelistic work in Philadelphia, Pa. He was
pastor of the church at Hammonton, N. J., from Dec. 30, 1909,
to Feb. 15, 191 1, and of the Fourth Reformed Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia, from March 16, 191 1, until his death,
which occurred Dec. 10, 1912, in Philadelphia, of paralysis, in
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the 63rd year of his age. He was buried in Schenectady, N. Y.
He took a special course of three years' study in the Omaha
University, Neb., for the degree of doctor of divinity which
was conferred upon him in 1892. Dr. Countermine was one
of the original directors of the Omaha Theological Seminary.
He was trustee of Hastings College, Neb., of York College,
Neb., and of Emporia College, Kansas. He published The
Religious Belief of Shakespeare, 1906, Daybreak Every-
where, 1907, Joseph Addison, the Man and Author, as well
as numerous sermons, lectures and addresses. For a time he
was editor of the Midland Presbyterian.
He was twice married: (1) May 17, 1876, in Schenec-
tady, N. Y., to Josefa Xavier, who died March 28, 1912; (2)
Sept. 26, 1912, in Philadelphia, to Clara Anna Potter, who
survives him.
SAMUEL McLANAHAN,
Son of James Craig and Sarah (Kennedy) McLanahan, was
born Feb. 12, 1853, near Greencastle, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Green-
castle, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Chambersburg Academy, Pa., J. H. Shumaker,
Ph.D., principal, and he graduated with honor from Prince-
ton University in 1873. He took the first two years of his
theological course in Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., and
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1875 as a senior, remain-
ing one year and graduating in 1876. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Carlisle, June 14, 1876, and ordained by the
same Presbytery, June 19, 1877. He supplied the church at
Waynesboro, Pa., from October 1876 until installed its pastor
at the time of his ordination, and continued in this charge until
Jan. 31, 1880. He was then pastor of the Lafayette Square
Church, Baltimore, Md., from May 4, 1880, to June 30, 1893.
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From 1 89 1 to 1895 he was chairman of the Committee of
Synodical Sustentation of the Synod of Baltimore. He became
pastor of the church at Lawrenceville, N. J., Oct. 27, 1895, and
was released from this charge, June 27, 191 1, that he might
take up the work of superintendent of Synodical Home Mis-
sions for the Synod of New Jersey with his residence at
Princeton, N. J. He died suddenly Nov. 3, 191 2, in Elizabeth,
N. J., in the 60th year of his age. He was buried in Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Pa. He was at one time secretary
of the Evangelical Alliance of Baltimore and of the Ministerial
Union of Baltimore and vicinity. He was moderator of the
Synod of Baltimore in 1892, and chairman of the Committe on
Home Missions of the Synod of New Jersey, from 1905 to
191 1, and was a member of the Board of Publication and
Sabbath School Work from 1906 until his death. He was also
a director of the Bloomfield Seminary from 1906 until his death.
He published a number of articles in the religious and mis-
sionary periodicals and magazines, among these being "Francis
Makemie" and "David Brainerd", in the Home Missionary
series. His more important publication was "Our people of
foreign speech", N. Y., 1904. A second edition of this was
published in 1906.
He was twice married: (1) Oct. 17, 1877, in Greencastle,
Pa., to Maud Imbrie, who died Feb. 14, 1884; (2) June 26,
1889, in Baltimore, Md., to Mary Minor Latine, who, with one
son by his first wife and four sons by his second, survives him.
EDWARD CHARLES EVANS, D.D.,
Son of Edward and Sarah (Jones) Evans, was born Oct.
29, 1844, in Wrexham, North Wales. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church
of Wrexam, at the age of sixteen. He came to America in
1869. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Van
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Rensselaer Institute of Hightstown, N. J., under the Rev. Dr.
J. E. Alexander, and he graduated from Princeton University
in 1876. He then spent one year at Oxford University, Eng-
land, as Classical Fellow of Princeton University, and a second
year in preaching in the Welsh church at Shenandoah, Pa.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1878, remaining one
year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Flintshire, North
Wales, May 29, 1869, and ordained by the Welsh Presbytery
of Southern Pennsylvania, April 27, 1878. He was pastor of
the Welsh Presbyterian Church of Shenandoah, Pa., from 1878
to 1879, and a professor in Lake Forest College during part
of the latter year. After this he was pastor of the Welsh
Presbyterian church of Remsen, N. Y., from November 1879
to November 1882 ; pastor of the Welsh church of Cincinnati,
Ohio, from November 1882 to January 1886. He then
returned to Remsen, N. Y., and supplied the Welsh church
of that place from 1887, until his death, which occurred Oct.
23, 1912, in Remsen, of myocarditis, within six days of the
completion of his 68th year. He was buried in Remsen. He
was a member of several Cambro-American societies and was
a delegate of the Welsh General Assembly to the Presbyterian
Alliance in Edinburgh in 1877, and in Belfast in 1884. He
received the degree of D.D. from Hamilton College in 1910.
Dr. Evans published several sermons and lectures in the Welsh
language, and the biography and sermons of the late Rev.
William Roberts, D.D., of Utica, N. Y., in 1890, in the Welsh
language. He also published in English, a pamphlet on the
Scope and Authority of the Teaching of Scripture, in 1882.
He was editor and proprietor of the Cambrian, an English
magazine for Welsh-American people, from January 1887 to
January 1897.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 1, 1882, in Remsen, N. Y.,
to Lizzie Richard Richards, who died Aug. 12, 1906; (2) Dec.
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10, 1907, in Chicago, 111., to Lizzie Meredith, who, with two
sons by his first marriage, survives him.
WILLIAM FRASER,
Son of William and Isabella (Fraser) Fraser, was born Nov.
25, 1859, in Dundee, Quebec, Can. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Fort Covington,
N. Y., at the age of eleven. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Huntingdon Academy, Canada, under Professor
J. McGregor, and he graduated from McGill University,
Montreal, in 1883. He took the first year of his theological
course in the Presbyterian College of Montreal, and entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1884, completing his course there
and graduating in 1886. He was licensed and ordained by
the Presbytery of Troy, April 21, 1886. He was stated supply
of the following churches : Middle and South Granville, N. Y.,
from May 10, 1886, to Sept. 30, 1888; Salem, from Oct. 12,
1888, until installed pastor, Oct. 12, 1889, retaining this charge
until Dec. 28, 1892; stated supply at Rouse's Point and Cham-
plain, from March 1, 1893, unt ^ his death, which occurred
Feb. 17, 1912, in Champlain, of cancer of the stomach followed
by pneumonia, in the 53rd year of his age. He was buried in
the Elmwood Cemetery, Fort Covington, N. Y.
He was married July 28, 1887, in East Constable, N. Y., to
Elizabeth McKenzie, who, with two sons and five daughters,
survives him.
GEORGE NEWELL EARNER,
Son of Aaron Bradford and Amelia (Clark) Karner, was
born Nov. 8, 1856, in Allentown, N. J. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Kingston,
N. J., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Princeton Preparatory School, under the Rev.
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Charles J. Collins, and he graduated from Princeton University
in 1883. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the same year,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1886.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, May
5, 1886, and ordained by the Presbytery of Boston, June 15,
1886. He was stated supply of the Westminster Church, Man-
chester, N. H., from June 15, 1886, until installed its pastor,
Dec. 14, 1887, an d was released from this charge in September
1890. He was pastor of the West End Church of Albany,
N. Y., from Nov. 18, 1890, to April 15, 1902. After this time
he engaged in business, first in Plainfield, N. J., from 1902 to
1903, and then in Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1903 until 1910.
He was pastor of the Southfield and Mill River Congregational
churches from 1910 until his death, which occurred July 26,
1912, in Mill River, Mass., of apoplexy, in the 56th year of his
age. He was buried at Plainfield, N. J. He was a commis-
sioner to the General Assembly in 1901.
He was married Jan. 15, 1889, in Plainfield, N. J., to Emma
Louise Cadmus, who, with two sons and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
CHALMERS FRASER, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Donald and Valeria Augusta (Cassels)
Fraser, was born Sept. 28, 1856, in Jacksonville, Fla. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Decatur, Ga., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Atlanta, Ga., under B. F. Hunter. He spent
one year as a student in the University of Georgia, and three
years in Davidson College from which he graduated in 1882.
He then engaged in business for two years. He took the first
year of his theological course in Columbia Seminary, S. C, en-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1885, taking the remaining
two years there and graduating in 1887. ^ e was licensed by the
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Presbytery of Atlanta, Oct. 10, 1887, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Cherokee, April 27, 1888. He supplied the
church at Marietta, Ga., from July 1887 to January 1888, and
also the church at Ringgold, Ga., from December 1887 until he
was installed its pastor, Aug. 12, 1888, continuing in this charge
until November 29 of the same year. He was pastor of the
Olivet Church of McConnellsville, S. C, from May 5, 1889,
to June 22, 189 1 ; pastor of the Georgia Avenue Church of
Atlanta, Ga., from Oct. 25, 1891, to Jan. 10, 1899, of the
church at Lancaster, S. C, from 1899 to 191 1, and of the
Gainesville church, Ga., from Nov. 1, 191 1, until his death,
which occurred Oct. 8, 1912, in Gainesville, Ga., of heart fail-
ure, ten days after the completion of his 56th year. He was
buried at Decatur, Ga. He received the degree of D.D. from
the Presbyterian College of South Carolina in 1905.
He was married April 6, 1893, in Decatur, Ga., to Mary
Parks Kirkpatrick, who survives him.
WILLIAM BEESON HAMILTON, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. William Ferguson and Lydia Louisa
(Beeson) Hamilton, was born Sept. 10, 1864, in Uniontown,
Pa. He made a public confession of his faith in the First
Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pa., at the age of eigh-
teen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the public
school of Washington, and in the preparatory department of
Washington and Jefferson College, and he graduated from the
latter institution in 1883. He spent the next year in teaching
in the county public school. He then spent two years in the
Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pa., and entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1886, completing his theological
course there, and graduating in 1887. After this he spent a
year as a graduate student in the Western Theological Semi-
nary. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Washington, April
256 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 : 3
28, 1886, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Sept. 16, ii
Having devoted his life to the cause of foreign missions, he
sailed for China in the same year and took up his missionary
work in that country. He was stated supply of the church at
Tsinanfu, from October 1892 until March 1897, and again
from September 1899 until his death. He was for a time in
1905 American consular agent and was temporarily engaged in
the place of Dr. Hayes in the Theological College at Tsing-
chowfu, and was so engaged at the time of his last illness. He
died June 1, 1912, in Tsingchowfu, China, of typhus fever,
in the 48th year of his age. He was buried at Tsinanfu. He
received the degree of D.D. from Washington and Jefferson
College in 1908. Dr. Hamilton was director of the Shantung
Protestant University from 1903 until his death, and was a
member of the Committee on Intercourse with High Officials
in Shantung from 1906 until his death.
He was twice married: (1) May 16, 1888, in Bellevernon,
Pa., to Clara Linton, who died Jan. 10, 1889, m Tsinanfu;
(2) May 11, 1892, in Chefoo, China, to Margaret Ewing
Woods, who, with one daughter by his second marriage, sur-
vives him.
ELMER BRITON WALLER,
Son of Samuel and Ann Amelia (Cocks) Waller, was born
March 8, 1859, m Walden, Orange County, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Seneca Falls, N. Y., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Seneca Falls Academy, under
Ezra B. Faucher, and he graduated from Union College,
Schenectady, N. Y., in 1882. During the next two years he
taught mathematics in the Union Classical Institute of Schenec-
tady. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1884, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1887. He
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was licensed by the Presbytery of Geneva, April 20, 1887, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Holston, Aug. 31, 1887, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., from which he was released May I, 1891. During this
pastorate he was principal of the Davies Academy, Elizabeth-
ton, Tenn. Giving up pastoral work at this time, he became
professor of mathematics in the Maryville College, Tenn., and
so continued until his death. He was dean of this college
from 1905 until his death, which occurred March 29, 1913,
in Maryville, of cerebral hemorrhage, in the 55th year of his
age. He was buried in Magnolia Cemetery of Maryville.
He was for a time secretary of the faculty of the Maryville
College.
He was married May 17, 1888, in West Charlton, N. Y., to
Lillie Anderson Gilchrist, who, with two daughters, sur-
vives him.
HENRY COLEMAN BASKERVILLE, Ph.D.,
Son of William and Susannah Riddick (Jiggitts) Baskerville,
was born Feb. 28, 1850, in Buena Vista, Va. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Old Nut-bush Presbyterian
Church in Granville County, N. C, at the age of sixteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Mr. Gee's Academy in
Mecklenburg County, Va. He was a student in Davidson
College, N. C, from 1863-65; in the University of Virginia,
1865-66; and graduated from the University of Georgia in
1867. He then was a teacher of Greek and Mathematics in
Sparta, Ga., and later near Baltimore, Md. He was a student
in Union Seminary, Virginia, from January 1868 until April
1870. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Roanoke, May 1,
1869, and ordained by the Presbytery of Chesapeake, Dec. 5,
1872. He supplied the Presbyterian church of Rappahannock,
Va., for a time in 1872, and was pastor of the church at
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Laurel, Md., 1873-75. He then studied law and was admitted
to the bar in Baltimore in 1876. He was stated supply of the
Presbyterian church of Crookston, Minn., in 1883 ; of the church
at North Platte, Neb., 1883-85; of the Central City church,
Neb., 1886-87, and pastor of the church at Broken Bow, Neb.,
1888-89. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in this latter
year, remaining one year and graduating in 1890. He was then
pastor of the Sinking Creek and Spring Mills churches, Pa.,
from 1891 to June 1893 ; from 1895 to 1896 he engaged in
evangelistic work at Goode's Ferry, Va. He spent the next
year in Princeton, N. J., engaged in teaching. He supplied the
church at Alzada, Mont., 1898-99, and became pastor-elect of
the Nashville and Camp Crook churches, S. Dak., in 1898, and
was pastor of the same from 1899 to 1900. He was stated
supply of the Carmel and Spearfish Valley churches, S. Dak., in
1901, and their pastor from 1902 to 1904. After this he was
pastor of the church at Edgemont, S. Dak., 1905-06; of the
church at New London, Minn., 1906-07; of the Harrison and
Spicer churches, Minn., in 1908, and of the Royalton and
Holdingford churches, Minn., from February 1909 to October
1910. In 191 1 he returned to Princeton as a graduate student,
remaining until his death, which occurred June 30, 1912, in
the Mercer Hospital, at Trenton, N. J., of intestinal cancer,
in the 63rd year of his age. He was buried in the Princeton
cemetery. He received the degree of B.D. from Princeton
Seminary in 1897, and the degree of Ph.D. from YVooster
University in 1903.
He was twice married: (1) July, 1871, in Cumberland
County, Va., to Julia Blanton. who died April 29, 1879; ( 2 )
May 12, 1880, in Plattsburg, N. Y., to Emma Reed, who, with
one daughter by his first marriage and four sons by his second,
survives him.
I913] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 259
BENJAMIN JONES MORGAN, Ph.D.,
Son of the Rev. William Evan and Mary (Jones) Morgan, was
born Feb. 22, 1869, in Scranton, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Nelson,
N. Y., at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Deichman's School, Baltimore, Md., and he
graduated from New Windsor College, Md., in 1894. He
spent a short time at Princeton in the fall of 1893, returning
to New Windsor to complete his course there. He was a stu-
dent in Auburn Theological Seminary, from 1894 to 1897,
graduating therefrom in the latter year. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Lyons, April 22, 1896, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Hudson, Oct. 5, 1897, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Circleville, N. Y., from which
he was released in 1900. He then resided, as an evangelist, in
Middletown, N. Y., for one year. He was pastor of the
church at Stanhope, N. J., from July 17, 1901, to Dec. 5, 1904.
He supplied the church at Springfield, N. Y., in 1905 ; that in
Fowlerville, N. Y., from 1906 to 1909, and that in Nunda,
N. Y., from May 1910 to January 191 1, when ill-health com-
pelled him to give up pastoral work. From this time until his
death he resided in Washington, N. J., where he died, March
8, 1913, of diseases of the bladder and kidney, in the 45th year
of his age. He was buried in Washington, N. J. He received
the degree of Ph.D. from Gale College in 1899. When quite
young he learned the plumber's trade, working in the day and
studying in the schools at Scranton at night that he might get
an education. He graduated from the Woods Business College
in 1888, and for a time was engaged in the hardware business.
He was married June 14, 1898, in Bullville, N. Y., to Grace
May Santee, who, with three sons and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
20O NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ 1913
JOHN ARCHIBALD McKBE,
Son of the Rev. Samuel Vigo and Susannah Cameron (Va-
natta) McKee, was born Oct. 12, 1 871, in Waynesville, 111. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Birmingham, Mich., at the age of fifteen. He
studied in the preparatory department of Alma College,
Mich., and then spent one year in Hanover College, taking the
rest of his college course in Wabash College from which he
graduated in 1894. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1897. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Crawfordsville, May 28, 1896, and ordained an evangelist by
the same Presbytery, June 28, 1897. He supplied the church at
Waveland, Ind., from May 1897 to August 1899. After this
he went to Bangkok, Siam, as a foreign missionary, remain-
ing there from 1899 to 1902. He was obliged to return to
this country on account of his wife's health. He was pastor
of the church at East Jordan, Mich., from June 1, 1903, to
Oct. 31, 1906, and stated supply of the Redford Church,
Detroit, Mich., from November 1906 to October 1907. At
this time he became field secretary of the Northwestern Agency
of the American Bible Society with his headquarters in
Chicago, 111., and his residence in Oak Park, 111. He con-
tinued in this work until his death, residing after January
1913 in Newburg, Ind. He died March 31, 1913, in the
Thornton Home, at Newburg, Ind., of Hodgkins disease of
the spleen, in the 42nd year of his age. He was buried at
South Bend, Ind. He was a commissioner to the General
Assembly in 1906, and was chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Missions of the Synod of Michigan, from 1905
to 1907.
He was married Aug. 9, 1899, in Alma, Mich., to Clarissa
Safford Booth, who, with one son and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
I913] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 26l
ROY CHALMERS FLEMING,
Son of the Rev. Samuel Byers and Emma Eliza (Guthrie)
Fleming, was born Aug. I, 1881, in Arkansas City, Kan. He
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Wichita, Kan., at the age of eleven. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the Lewis Academy of Wichita,
and he graduated from Emporia College in 1902. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1905. He
was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Emporia,
May 15, 1905. He supplied the First church of Leavenworth,
Kan., during the summer of 1905, and was pastor of the church
at Kingman, Kan., from 1906 to 1908, and of the church at
Larned, Kan., from 1908 until his death, which occurred June
12, 1912, at Larned, after an operation for appendicitis, in the
31st year of his age. He was buried at Wichita, Kan. He was
moderator of the Larned Presbytery in 1907, and was chair-
man of the Committee on Publication and Sabbath School
Work in both his Presbytery and Synod.
He was married June 20, 1905, in Wichita, Kan., to Mabel
Vaughn Acken, who, with one son, survives him.
ROBERT HOWARD MULHOLLAND,
Son of Robert and Anna (Borland) Mulholland, was born
Sept. 21, 1882, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First United Presbyterian Church of
Beaver Falls, Pa., at the age of fourteen. He prepared for
college under his father in Beaver Falls, and graduated from
Geneva College in 1903. For the next two years he was en-
gaged in the civil engineering department of the P. & S. E.
R. R. He spent the first year of his theological course in the
United Presbyterian Seminary at Allegheny, Pa., and entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1906, completing his course there
262 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 x 3
and graduating in 1908. He was licensed by the United Presby-
terian Presbytery of Beaver Valley, June 25, 1907, and ordained
by the same Presbytery, June 23, 1908, being at the same time
installed pastor of the Highland U. P. Church of New Castle,
Pa. He was released from this charge, Jan. 12, 1912. He was
pastor of the Second U. P. Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., from
March 21, 1912, until his death, which occurred Oct. 6, 1912,
in the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, of tuberculosis,
in the 31st year of his age. He was buried in the Homewood
Cemetery, Pittsburgh. He was unmarried.
NATHANIEL RUE FOSTER,
Son of John Scott and Mary (Mack) Foster, was born June
13, 1884, in Imlaystown, N. J. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Cream Ridge Presbyterian church, N. J., at
the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Peddie Institute of Hightstown, N. J., and he graduated
from Lafayette College in 1909. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1912. He was licensed
and ordained by the Presbytery of Brooklyn, June 3, 1912,
being at the same time installed pastor of the Cuyler Church
of Brooklyn. This relation continued until his death, only two
weeks after it was constituted. He was injured in an auto-
mobile accident near Somerville, N. J., and died soon after
reaching the hospital in Somerville, June 17, 1912, four days
after the completion of his 28th year. He was buried in the
Cream Ridge Cemetery, N. J. He was married.
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INDEX
PAGE
Andrews, William Given 229
Baskerville, Henry Coleman 257
Beall, Benjamin Leander 209
Benedict, Benjamin Gilbert 233
Bittinger, Michael Henry 212
Bruen, Edward Baldwin 207
Carrington, John 239
Conklin, Newton James 231
Couch, Walter Varick 220
Countermine, John Donnan 249
Davenport, David Merchant 241
Evans, Edward Charles 251
Fleming, Roy Chalmers 261
Foster, Nathaniel Rue 262
Frackelton, William Scott 242
Fraser, Chalmers 254
Fraser, William 253
Gibson, James 222
Guy, Edward Alexander 226
Hamilton, William Beeson 255
Hubbard, William Henry 248
Jackson, Samuel Macauley • • 243
Karner, George Newell 253
Kugler, John Backer 225
Lee, Henry Flavel 223
Lee, Samuel Orlando 22S
Lester. William Havens 215
Life, George Mason • • 230
McClelland, George Tiffany 245
McGlatiiery, William 234
McKee, John Archibald 260
McLanahan, Samuel 250
Mathers, Joseph Hamilton 216
Merrill, John Leverett 224
264 INDEX [191 3
Morgan, Benjamin Jones 259
mulhoi.laxd, robert howard 261
Xewcomb, Homer Sackett 232
Park, James 208
Parry, Thomas 246
Perry, David Braixerd 235
Pomeroy. Stephen* Wilson 235
Pratt, Henry Barrington 21S
Rendall, Isaac Norton 219
Rosborough, James 247
Sawtelle, William Henry 236
Shearer, Frederic Eichelberger 237
Simonton, Thomas Davis 221
Sproull, Alexander W 214
Waller, Elmer Briton 256
Wilson, David Agnew 211
Wood, Charles Seely 240
Woodhull, George Spafford 213
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 5th, 1914
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
266 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ : 9!4
NOTICE
The new office of Editor of the Necrological Reports having been
created and the undersigned having been elected to that office, he
earnestly solicits the aid of all the Alumni of the Seminary in the prep-
aration of these Reports. When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices,
funeral or memorial sermons, and any other information will be grate-
fully received. Let these be sent, as soon as possible after the death
of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915
Rev. George C. Yeisley, D.D., '74, President
Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D., '78, Vice-President
Rev. Harold M. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., Treasurer
Rev. G. B. F. Hallock, D.D., '85, f Additional Members
Rev. R. P. D. Bennett, '95, J of the
Rev. C. E. McCartney, '05, Executive Committee
1 9 1 4 J NECROLOGICAL REPORT 267
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 5, 1914.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall at
12.30 p. m., with the President, the Rev. William B. Jennings,
D.D., '83, in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev.
Edward P. Cowan, D.D., '64. At the close of the dinner the
Association was called to order for a brief business session.
The Executive Committee presented its report which was
adopted and is as follows:
Officers for the ensuing year :
President — The Rev. George C. Yeisley, D.D., of the
class of '74.
Vice-President — The Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D., of the
class of '78.
Secretary — The Rev. Harold M. Robinson, of the class
of '04.
Treasurer — The Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., of the
class of '80.
Additio)ial members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
G. B. F. Hallock, D.D., of the class of '85, R. P. D. Bennett,
of the class of '95, and the Rev. C. E. McCartney, of the class
of '05.
268 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I 9 I 4
In the absence of the Treasurer his report was read by the
Rev. Frank Lukens, '94, and is as follows :
!
William Brenton Greene, Jr., Treas., in account with the Alumni
Association of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Balance as per last Report $4.21
Interest for one year @ 5% 21
On hand May 5, 1914 $4-4-2
W. Brenton Greene, Jr v
Treasurer.
The Report was approved.
The sympathy of the Association was expressed for Dr.
Greene because of his absence on account of death in his
family, and prayer was offered by the Rev. William Y. Chap-
man, D.D., '89.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced by
the President: Professor Warfield, '76, Acting President, rep-
resenting the Faculty ; ex-President Patton, '65 ; the Rev.
Theodore S. Wynkoop, representing the class of '64; the Rev.
W. J. Holland, D.D., LL.D., representing the class of '74; the
Rev. David Wills, Jr., D.D., representing the class of '84; the
Rev. Charles A. Killie, representing the class of '89; the Rev.
Francis Palmer, representing the class of '94, and the Rev.
Guy L. Morrill, representing the class of '04.
After the singing of one verse of "Blest be the tie that
binds" the benediction was pronounced by Dr. Patton, and the
Association adjourned.
KERR D. MACMILLAN,
Secretary.
1914] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 269
abstract of the
Necrological Report
FOR 1914
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1914, contains notices of
one director, Morris H. Stratton, Esq., of Salem, N. J.; one trustee,
the Hon. Joseph Cross, of Elizabeth, N. J., and of forty-six former
students of the Seminary. Five of these should have been included in
earlier Reports, but the fact of their death did not reach the Editor
in time.
Of the forty-six former students the oldest was the Rev. Thomas
S. Childs, D.D., '50, who reached the age of eighty-nine years and two
months. Eight others passed their 80th year, thirteen their 70th year,
and twelve their 60th year. The youngest died at the age of twenty-six.
The average age of the forty-six was sixty-seven years, five months
and six days. The average age at which they made public con-
fession of their faith was seventeen years and eight months.
270 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I 9 I 4
DIRECTOR
DIED
Morris H. Stratton, Esq. Jan. 12, 1914
TRUSTEE
Hon. Joseph Cross Oct. 29, 1913
ALUMNI
class
847. Benjamin Franklin Bittinger, D.D.,
Daniel Niles Freeland
850. Thomas Spencer Childs, D.D.
Stephen Grover Dodd
853. William Young Brown, D.D.
William Evan Jones, D.D.
854. Andrew Bigelow Morse
856. William John Knox
857. Henry Addison Harlow
859. Joseph Maner Bostick
S61. Williamson Kevin Geddes, Ph.D.
862. Robert Long Adams
863. Edward Payson Marvin
864. George Sayles Bishop, D.D.
George Franklin Merriam
865. William George Thomas
866. John Keir Beairsto
867. James Frederick Ross Appleby, M.D.
James Shepard Dennis, D.D.
868. Joseph Frederic Dripps, D.D.
John Loyell Murray, D.D.
John Linton Stuart, D.D.
869. Isaac Van Wart Schenck, D.D.
871. Robert Houston Craig, LL.D.
Kenneth McKay
872. William Durant. D.D.
873. Leander George Macneill
876. James Stott Westcott
S77. Daniel Brewer Banta
Robert Gibson McNiece, D.D.
1880. Ashbel Green Lane, D.D.
Sept.
19,
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July
21,
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Mar.
21,
[914
Dec.
15,
[912
Feb.
13,
[914
Dec.
2,
1913
Feb.
2,
[914
June
7»
[913
June
27,
t9i3
Oct.
19,
[913
May
16,
[913
Mar.
27,
[914
June
16,
t9i3
Mar.
12,
[914
Aug.
5,
[912
Dec.
2,
[912
Apr.
21,
[912
Sept.
27,
[907
Mar.
21,
[914
Jan.
3i,
[914
Oct.
22,
[913
Nov.
24,
913
Dec.
IS,
[913
Sept.
11,
913
Mar.
15, i
914
Mar.
3,
914
Oct.
14.
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Nov.
25, i
913
Nov.
17, l
913
Oct.
3, i
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Mar.
29, ]
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NECROLOGICAL REPORT
27I
CLASS
l88l.
1882.
lg~
iS
18
1894.
1895.
18,'
1900.
1911.
1912.
Jay Henry Long
Thomas Cumming Beattie
Henry Clay Gillingham
Henry Drennan Lindsay, D.D.
John Adams Muir
William Kent Preston
Benjamin Palmer Reid
George Leslie Johnston
James Ross Macdonald
Albert Childs Salls
Robert James Dick
Samuel Thompson Graham
Harry Apgar Nye
Charles Moody Ruland
William Whiting Borden
died
Aug.
28,
1913
Sept.
22,
1913
Dec.
17,
1013
Jan.
18,
1914
Apr.
22,
1913
Nov.
3.
1913
Dec.
4,
1913
Feb.
18,
1914
Apr.
23,
1912
Sept.
21,
1913
Apr.
16,
1913
June
n>
1913
Jan.
2,
1914
July
8,
1913
Apr.
9,
1913
2/2 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I 9 I 4
DIRECTOR
MORRIS HANCOCE STRATTON, Esq.,
Son of the Rev. Daniel and Eleanor Caroline (Hancock)
Stratton, was born July 19, 1838, in Newbern, N. C. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the Salem Academy,
N. J., and in the Edge Hill School of Princeton, and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1858. He engaged in the
study of law in the Albany Law School, receiving the degree
of LL.B. from the Albany University in i860, and was ad-
mitted to the New York Bar the same year and to the New
Jersey Bar in 1877. He practiced law at first in Troy, N. Y.,
and after that in Salem, N. J., where he resided until his
death, Jan. 12, 1914, of uremic poison, in the 76th year of his
age. He was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery of Salem,
N. J. He was a Captain of the Second Regiment, New Jersey
Cavalry in the Civil War, from 1863 to 1864. He was a
ruling elder of the Presbyterian church of Salem, from 1889
until his death, and was several times a commissioner to the
General Assembly. He was a member of the Committee for
the Revision of the Confession of Faith, and was Superin-
tendent of the Sunday School of the Presbyterian church of
Salem, and a teacher in the same for many years. He was
also active in the County Bible Society and the Salem
Y. M. C. A. He was a director of Princeton Seminary from
1896 until his death.
He was married June 7, 1876, in Mott Haven, N. Y., to
Ellen Chambers Smith, who died July 14, 1877. One son
survives him.
I914] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 273
TRUSTEE
HON. JOSEPH CROSS,
Son of William and Sara Maria (Lee) Cross, was born Dec.
29, 1843, near Morristown, N. J. He graduated from Prince-
ton University in 1865, and then studied law under the Hon.
William F. Magie and later at the Columbia University Law
School. He was admitted to the Bar in 1868. From 1869
to 1880 he was a member of the law firm of Magie and
Cross, practicing in Elizabeth, N. J. From 1880 to 1905 he
was the head of the law firm of Cross and Noe. In the latter
year he was appointed United States District Court Judge
of New Jersey, and continued in this office until his death.
From 1888 to 1891 he was District Court Judge for Elizabeth.
N. J. In 1893 he was elected a member of the New Jersey
State Assembly and being re-elected was made speaker. He
was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1899 to I 9°5(
being President of the Senate in the latter year. His ap-
pointment as United States District Judge was by President
Roosevelt. He resided during all of his active life in Eliza-
beth, N. J. He was a Trustee of Princeton Seminary from
1910 until his death. He died Oct. 29, 1913, in Elizabeth, of
old age, in his 70th year. He was buried in the Evergreen
Cemetery of Elizabeth, N. J. He was a member of the Prince-
ton Club of New York; of the Essex Club of New York and
of the Town and Country Club of Elizabeth.
He was married Oct. 19, 1870, in Irvington, N. Y., to Mary
Pritchard Whiting, who survives him.
274 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I 9 I 4
ALUMNI
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BITTINGER, D.D.,
Son of John and Mary (Coskery) Bittinger, was born Aug. 10,
1824, in Waynesboro, Pa. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Methodist Protestant church of Georgetown,
D.C., at the age of seventeen. He pursued his classical studies
under the Rev. James McVean, in Georgetown. He entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1844 taking the full three years'
course there, and graduating in 1847. He was licensed Apr.
15, 1847 by tne Presbytery of Baltimore and ordained an
evangelist Nov. 2, 1847, by the Presbytery of Luzerne. He
was stated supply of the church at Tamaqua, Pa., from May
1847 to April 1850; of the church at Winchester, Va., from
April to August 1850, and of the church at Lewinsville, Va.,
from October 1850 until installed its pastor May 30, 1852, being
released from this charge Jan. 15, 1857. He was pastor of the
7th Street Church, Washington, D. C, from Mar. 12, 1857,
to June 1, 1863; of the church at Ellicott City, Md., from
Nov. 3, 1863, to Dec. 1, 1867, and of the 7th Street (now
Westminster Memorial) Church, Washington, D. C, from
Jan. 5, 1869, to Oct. 10, 1899, a period of 31 years. At this
time he gave up the active ministry, continuing his residence in
Washington until his death, which occurred Sept. 19, 1913, in
Washington, of paralysis, in the 81 st year of his age. He was
buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington. He received
the honorary degree of D.D. from Pennsylvania College, Get-
tysburg, Pa., in 1877 : He was stated clerk of the Presbytery
of Washington City from 1873 to 1909, and was chaplain of
the Presbyterian Home for the Aged in Washington until a
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year previous to his death. He published a Manual of law
and usage of the Presbyterian Church in 1888, and the Rise,
progress and influence of Presbyterianism in the District of
Columbia, 1895. He also published a number of sermons.
He was twice married: (1) May 14, 1850, in Georgetown,
D. C, to Catherine Malvina Libbey, who died Apr. 23, 1859;
(2) June 25, 1861, in Jersey City, N. J., to Ann Elizabeth
Rodgers, who died Mar. 25, 1896. He is survived only by a
grandson.
DANIEL NILES FEEELANS,
Son of David Stansbury and Hannah Niles (Miller) Freeland,
was born May 15, 1825, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian
Church of Philadelphia, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the University Academy, Philadelphia,
under Samuel W. Crawford, D. D., and privately with Henrv
D. Gregory. He graduated from the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1844. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1847. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia, Apr. 7, 1847, an d ordained by the Presbytery of
Hudson, Mar. 7, 1848, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church in Monroe, N. Y. He was released from this
charge in September 1873, and again installed its pastor May
15, 1874, and released Oct. 16, 1880. He was pastor of the
Huguenot Memorial Church of Pelham Manor, N. Y., from
Nov. 13, 1881, to Oct. 15, 1889; stated supply of the church at
Hawthorn, Fla., from January 1890 to May 1893, and stated
supply of the church at Waldo, Fla., from January 1890 to
June 1897. After this he resided in New York City until 1912
and thereafter in Elizabeth, N. J., until his death, July 21 ,
191 3, in Elizabeth, of paresis, in the 89th year of his age. He
was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. At
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the time of his death he was the oldest alumnus of the
Seminary. In 1898 he published Chronicles of Monroe in the
Olden Time.
He was married Sept. 21, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary
Eliza Burwell, who died Feb. 14, 191 3, after nearly sixty-five
years of married life. Three daughters survive him.
THOMAS SPENCER CHILES, D.D.,
Son of Joshua and Susan (King) Childs, was born Jan. 19,
1825, in Springfield, Mass. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Chelsea Presbyterian Church of New York
City (now extinct), at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Springfield High School, under
the Rev. Sanford Lawton and privately under the same, and
he graduated from the University of the City of New York
in 1847, being the valedictorian of his class. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, taking the
full three years' course there, and graduating in 1850. He
remained for a year longer as a graduate student. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New York, Apr. 17, 1850, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Connecticut, June 30, 1852.
He served the First Church of Hartford, Conn., as stated supply
from August 185 1 until installed its pastor at the time of his
ordination, and was released from this charge Nov. 1, 1865.
He was pastor of the First Congregational Church of Norwalk,
Conn., from Feb. 6, 1866 to Apr. 12, 1870; from June 1871
to July 1878 he was professor of Biblical and Ecclesiastical
History in the Hartford Theological Seminary. While so
engaged he supplied the church at Windsor Locks, Conn., from
November 1874 to February 1878. He was professor of
Mental and Moral Science in Worcester University, from Sep-
tember 1880 to July 1882. From this time until 1890 he sup-
plied several churches in Washington, D. C. He was ordained
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an Episcopal priest Sept. 21, 1890, by Bishop Paret; from
1891 to 1895 he was associate rector of Trinity Church, Wash-
ington. In 1894 he became the first arch-deacon in Washing-
ton, and continued in this office until 1900. He was associate
rector of Christ's Church, Washington, from Jan. 7, 1896, to
June 1, 1897, and rector of All Saints Church, Chevy Chase,
Md., from June 4, 1899, until 1909, when advancing age com-
pelled him to give up the full work of the ministry. He con-
tinued his residence in Chevy Chase, and died there Mar. 21,
1914, of pneumonia, after a few days' illness, in the 90th year
of his age. He was buried in the Rock Creek Cemetery,
Washington, D. C. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from the University of New York in 1862. While connected
with the Presbyterian Church he was a commissioner to the
General Assembly several times, and was moderator of the
Synod of New York in 1862. He was chaplain of the Sons
of the American Revolution from 1892 until his death. In
1888 he was appointed by President Cleveland on a commission
to investigate condition of the Southern Ute Indians. He had
expected to be a foreign missionary and on the conclusion of
his theological studies he applied to the Board of Foreign
Missions for an appointment, and was refused on account of
his health through fear that he would not live long. He pub-
lished many sermons and was a frequent contributor to The
Presbyterian. He also published many pamphlets, among
them being the History of the Presbyterian Church of Hart-
ford, 1877 ; the Lost Faith and Difficulties of the Bible, 1888 ;
the History of the Chevy Chase Parish, 1905 ; Mornings with
the Master, 1913, and The Supremacy of the Cross, 1913.
He was twice married: (1) Mar. 7, 1855, in Hartford,
Conn., to Mary E. Porter, who died Apr. 4, 1863; (2) Aug.
24, 1864, in Boston, Mass., to Jane Lawrence Perkins, who
survived him a short time, dying April 20, 19 14. Three
daughters by his first wife survive him.
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STEPHEN GROVER DODD,
Son of Joseph Smith and Maria Darby (Grover) Dodd, was
born Mar. 24, 1826, in Bloomfield, N. J. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Bloom-
field, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Bloomfield Academy under William K. Mc-
Donald and David A. Frame, and he graduated from Prince-
ton University in 1846. After his graduation he taught in
Richmond, Va., and in Mt. Holly, N. J., and also spent some
time in Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1848, attending lectures there for two
years while a tutor in the University. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Newark (N. S.) in March 1849, and ordained
by the New Haven Congregational Consociation in October
1852. From the time of his ordination until July 1854 he was
pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church at Milford,
Conn. He was pastor of the Congregational church of Spen-
cer, Mass., from 1854 to 1865, and of the Central Congre-
gational Church of Middleborough, Mass., from 1865 to 1870.
He was pastor of the Congregational church in St. Johns,
N. B., Canada, from 1870 to 1879. After this he resided in
Salt Lake City, Utah, until 1895 ; in Boise, Ida., from 1895 to
1912 and in San Diego, Cal., from 1912 until his death, which
occurred Dec. 15, 1912, in San Diego, of paralysis, in the 87th
year of his age. He was buried in the Military Cemetery at
Fort Rasmoram, Cal. He was chaplain of the Twenty-fifth
Massachusetts Volunteers from May 1864 to July 1865, and
post chaplain of the United tates Army from 1879 until his
death.
He was married Nov. 1, 1852, in Cleveland, O., to Eliza
De Wolfe Shaw, who died Dec. 16, 1895. One son survives
him.
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WILLIAM YOUNG BROWN, D.D.,
Son of William and Mary Magdalene (Young) Brown, was
born July 22, 1827, near Anchor, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Beaver,
Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Beaver Academy, and he graduated from Jef-
ferson College in 1848. He spent the next four years in
teaching, first as assistant principal in the Beaver Academy
from 1848 to 1850, and then as principal of the same from
1850 to 1852. While teaching he engaged in study for the
ministry under the Rev. Isaac M. Cook, following the curri-
culum of Princeton Seminary. He had already studied Hebrew
while in college. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1852 as a senior, remaining only six months in order to accept
a call to the pastorate. He was licensed Oct. 5, 1852 by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, and ordained June 15,
1853 by the Presbytery of New Lisbon, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church in New Lisbon, O., and was
released from this charge June 15, 1856. His resignation of
this church was due to the loss of his voice caused by an attack
of laryngitis. He was principal of the school at Shippensburg,
Pa., from September i860 to July 1861, and was chaplain in
the United States Army from 1861 to 1865. He supplied the
7th Street Church of Washington, D. C, 1963-64, and the
church in Buffalo, O., as pastor elect 1865-66. From 1866 to
1877 he was pastor of the church at Perry ville, O., and pastor-
elect of the church at Denver, Col., from August 1870 until
installed its pastor Mar. 10, 1872. He was released from this
charge Dec. 1, 1873. He was pastor of the church at Darby,
Pa., from November 1874 to April 1884. From 1884 to 1886
he was corresponding secretary of the General Assembly'?
Permanent Committee on Temperance. He was stated supply
of the church at Conshohocken, Pa., from October 1886 to
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October 1887; pastor of the church at Port Chester, N. Y.,
from 1889 to 1890; pastor-elect of the church at Narberth, Pa.,
from November 1892 until installed its pastor Feb. 1, 1894,
and was released from this charge June 30, 1896. He supplied
the church at Boone, la., from September 1898 to May 1901.
During the next three years he resided in Philadelphia, Pa.,
as an evangelist. He was stated supply of the church at Lower
Merion, Pa., from January 1905 to June 1907, and pastor's
assistant of the Chambers-Wylie Church, Philadelphia, Pa.,
from 1908 until his death Feb. 13, 1914, in Philadelphia, of old
age, in his 87th year. He was buried in the Woodland Ceme-
tery, Philadelphia. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
in 1883 from Lafayette College. He was a commissioner to
the General Assembly in 1871, 1881 and 1885, and was a
trustee of Washington College, Pa., from 1855 to 1858. He
published The Christian Hero, a sermon, in 1862; The Army
Chaplain, in 1863; History of the First Presbyterian Church
of Darby, Pa., 1876, as well as the reports of the General
Assembly's Permanent Committee on Temperance, 1883- 1886.
He was married Sept. 24, 1857, in Hanoverton, O., to Flora
Robertson, who, with one daughter, survives him.
WILLIAM EVAN JONES, D.D.,
Son of William and Mary (Pritchard) Jones, was born Oct.
24, 1827, in Manchester, England. He came to this country
at an early age. He made a public confession of his faith in
the North Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, at the age of
seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Phil-
adelphia High School and in the school of Professor Henry
D. Gregory in Philadelphia, and he graduated from the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1850. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1853. He was licensed by
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the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 5, 1852. He supplied the
church at Gloucester City, N. J., from May 1853 to May 1854.
He was ordained by the Presbytery of Troy, June 22, 1854,
and at the same time installed pastor of the church of Green
Island, N. Y., being released from this charge Jan. 26, 1857.
He was pastor of the church at Caledonia, N. Y., from Janu-
ary 1857 to February 1859, and of the church at Bath, N. Y.,
from June 1859 to February 1863. He was chaplain of the
One hundred and Sixty-first Regiment New York Volunteers
United States Army during the next two years. From Oct.
4, 1866 to June 14, 1870 he was pastor of the church at Cedar-
ville, N. J.; pastor of the Tuscarora and Union Corners
churches, N. Y., from July 7, 1870 to Sept. 15, 1873, and
pastor of the Nashaminy of Warwick Church, Hartsville, Pa.,
from Oct. 28, 1873 to Dec. 15, 1884. From 1885 to 1886 he
resided in Santa Fe, N. M., and later took up his residence in
Philadelphia, Pa., until his death, which occurred Dec. 2, 191 3,
in Philadelphia, of acute uremia, in the 87th year of his age.
He was buried in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
He received the degree of D.D. from Centre College, Ky., in
1876. He published The Military History of the 161 st Regi-
ment New York Volunteers Infantry, in 1863. He was a mem-
ber at one time of the Presbyterian Board of Education and
Sabbath School work. He was a life member of the American
Bible Society and of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
He was married Nov. 3, 1853, in Bridgeton, N. J., to Emeline
Fuller, who died Nov. 29, 1905. Three daughters survive him.
ANDREW BIGELOW MORSE,
Son of Ellis and Lora (Ayer) Morse, was born Dec. 8, 1830,
in Eaton, N. Y. He made a public confession of his faith in the
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Albany, N. Y., at the age of
nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Eaton
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Academy, and later in the Cortland Academy of Homer, N. Y.,
and he graduated from Hamilton College in 1849. He received
the degree of A.M. from the same institution in 1850. During
the next year he was principal of the Young Men's Classical
School of Albany, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 185 1, taking the full three years' course there, and
graduating in 1854. After his graduation he returned in the
fall for three months of graduate work. He also attended the
winter course of lectures in Union Theological Seminary,
N. Y., 1854-55. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, Apr. 26, 1854, and ordained by the same Feb. 6,
1856. He supplied the church at Oyster Bay, Long Island,
from October 1854 to June 1855. After his ordination he
went as a missionary to Siam where he remained from 1856
to 1857. From August to October 1857 he was in China. 1)1
health at this time compelled his return to this country in 1858.
He resided for a time at Danbury, Conn., then at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y., and later in Eaton, N. Y. From 1864 to 1866
he engaged in work in the United States Treasury Department
at Washington, and from 1866 to 1867 in the Bureau of Mili-
tary Statistics in Albany, N. Y. His health being somewhat
restored he supplied the church at Ballston Centre, N. Y., from
1867 to 1871, and was pastor of the church at Wyoming, N. Y.,
from June 20, 1871 to Sept. 14, 1880. He resided in Leroy,
N. Y., from 1881 to 1885, and supplied the church at Marion,
N. Y., 1885-86. After this he resided in Danbury, Conn., until
1893; in New Haven, Conn., 1893-95; in Ashville, N. C, 1895-
1902; in Cleveland, O., 1902-06, and in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
from 1906 until his death, Feb. 2, 1914, in Santa Barbara, in
the 84th year of his age. He was buried in Santa Barbara,
Cal. He was moderator of the Presbytery of Albany in 1867,
and of the Presbytery of Genesee in 1872. He was a com-
missioner to the General Assembly in 1883. He was a member
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of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Hamilton College. He fur-
nished the article on "Siam" and that on "Bangkok" for the
American Cyclopaedia. He published a number of magazine
articles and a small book entitled "Love Divine", 1912.
He was married Feb. 5, 1856, in Danbury, Conn., to Mary
Jennette Crofut, who died July 23, 1890. Four daughters
survive him.
WILLIAM JOHN KNOX,
Son of Russel and Olive (Hall) Knox, was born May 17,
1828, in Augusta, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the First Congregational Church of Augusta, at the
age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Augusta Academy under A. K. Eaton, and he graduated
from Hamilton College in 1852. He then taught for one year
in the Augusta Seminary. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1853, remaining only two months. He then en-
gaged in teaching. He spent two years, 1855-57, in Auburn
Theological Seminary. He was licensed by the Ontario Con-
gregational Association, June 15, 1858, and supplied the Con-
gregational church at Deansville, N. Y., from May 1858 to
May 1859, and the Congregational church at Florence, N. Y.,
from September 1859 to April 1861. He was ordained an
evangelist by the Oneida Congregational Association, June 28,
1862. He was stated supply of the Bridgewater and Winfield
Congregational churches, N. Y., from May 1861 to May 1863.
After this he resided without charge in Knoxboro, N. Y., from
1863 to 1895, and in Ithaca, N. Y., from 1895 until his death,
June 7, 1913, at Ithaca, of acute nephritis, in the 86th year
of his age. He was buried at Knoxboro, N. Y.
He was twice married: (1) Mar. 13, 1861, at Rome, N. Y.,
to Celia May Davis, who died Feb. 27, 1889; (2) June 5,
1893, in Knoxboro, N. Y., to Caroline Elisabeth Stillman, who
died Mar. 27, 1894. Onen son and two daughters survive him.
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HENRY ADDISON HARLOW,
Son of Robert and Sara Phina (Havens) Harlow, was born
Nov. 8, 1830, in Plumb Island, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Bristol,
Pa., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Lawrenceville, N. J., under the Rev. Samuel M.
Hammill, and he graduated from Princeton University in
1854. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1857. He was licensed by the Second Presbytery of
Philadelphia, April 1856, and ordained by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, Feb. 11, 1858. In November 1857 he began
serving the Second Church of New Brunswick, N. J., and
was installed its pastor at the time of his ordination. He
was released form this charge July 17, 1865. From this time
until September 1866 he labored as agent for Princeton Sem-
inary. He was pastor of the church at Florida, N. Y., from
Nov. 20, 1866 to Apr. 17, 1872, and of the church at Monti-
cello, N. Y., from June 5, 1873 to May 1, 1877. From 1877
to 1880 he was principal of the Seward Institute, Florida,
N. Y. From 1880 to 1883 he resided without charge in
Goshen, N. Y. From 1883 to 1888 he served the church at
Livingston Manor, N. Y., and the First and Second churches
of Rockland, N. Y., giving each of these a part of his time.
In September 1888 he began his service as pastor elect of the
Second Church of Mendham, N. J., over which he was in-
stalled Jan. 22, 1889, and from which he was released Sept.
18, 1894. In the following year he was honorably retired
from the active work of the ministry and took up his residence
in Nyack, N. Y., where he died, June 27, 1913, of cancer of
the stomach, in the 83rd year of his age. He was buried at
Monticello, N. Y. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of
Hudson, from 1874 to 1888. He published the first annual
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address on the Hoff Scholarship of Princeton Theological
Seminary in 1857; a History of the Presbytery of Hudson,
1888, as well as a Souvenir of the class of '57, and a number
of sermons.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 18, 1857, in Princeton,
N. J., to Rebecca Ridgway Olden, who died Apr. 5, 1873 ;
(2) June 30, 1874, in Monticello, N. Y., to Sarah Elizabeth
Hammond, who, with one son and three daughters, survives
him.
JOSEPH MANER BOSTICK,
Son of Benjamin Robert and Jane Asenath (Maner) Bostick,
was born May 19, 1835, in Robertville, S. C. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Baptist church of Green-
ville, S. C, at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Waynesville, Ga., under Prof. W. E. Bailey ;
in Allendale, S. C., under the Rev. J. S. Havens, and at the
Citadel Academy, Charleston, S. C. He was a student in Fur-
man University, S. C, leaving in August prior to his gradua-
tion that he might take up his work in Princeton Seminary.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1856, taking the full
three years' course there, and graduating in 1859. He was
licensed in May 1857 by the Baptist church of Robertville, S.
C, and ordained in July 1859 by a Council of Baptist Minis-
ters. His entire ministry was in the Baptist Church. He was
pastor of the church at Cheraw, S. C, 1859-66 ; of the church
at Robertville, S. C, 1866-69; of the church at Allendale,
S. C, 1870-72, being engaged in teaching also during this
pastorate. He supplied the church at Beech Branch, S. C,
from 1870 to 1874; was pastor of the church in Robertville,
S. C, for a second time from 1872 to 1879; was stated supply
at Smyrna, S. C, 1876-77; stated supply at Lawtonville, S. C,
1878-79; pastor of the church at Barnwell, S. C, 1879-85, and
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pastor of the churches at Robertville and Grahamville, S. C,
from 1885 to 1894. After this he was associate principal of
a school in Gaffney, S. C, for a short time. He supplied the
church at Walterborough, S. C, from 1895 to 1897, and from
1897 to 1900 he supplied churches in Bamberg County, S. C.
During the next ten years he supplied the Robertville, Port
Royal and other churches, retiring from the active ministry
in 191 1. During the last part of his life his residence was in
Beaufort, S. C. He died Oct. 19, 1913, in Savannah, Ga., of
old age, in his 79th year. He was buried in Garnett, S. C.
He was married three times: (1) Apr. 2, i860, in Cheraw,
S. C., to Mary Helen Mclver, who died Aug. 29, 1867; (2)
Dec. 14, 1869, in Allendale, S. C., to Anna Rogerson Mclver,
who died Feb. 14, 1896; (3) May 3, 1899, in Sheldon, S. C.,
to Harriet Butler Fuller, who survives him.
WILLIAMSON NEVIN GEDDES, Ph.D.,
Son of John Peebles and Catherine Irvin (Maclay) Geddes,
was born Dec. 28, 1836, in Newville, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Canons-
burg, Pa., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Chambersburg, Pa., under W. V. Davis, and he
graduated from Jefferson College in 1854. He then engaged
for four years in teaching. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1858, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle,
June 2.J, 1 861. After his licensure he engaged in teaching.
During parts of the years 1869 and 1870 he supplied the church
at Charleston, W. Va., in connection with the Rev. J. Calvin
Barr. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Carlisle, May 5,
1 87 1, and at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Waynesboro, Pa., and was released from this charge October
a of the same year. From 1872 to 1876 he was professor
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of Latin and Mathematics in Hanover College, Ind., and
taught in Williamsport, Pa., from 1881 to 1885. After this
he engaged in literary work with his residence in Williamsport
until his death, May 16, 1913, in Williamsport, of diabetes,
in the 75th year of his age. He was buried in Williamsport,
Pa. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Franklin and
Marshall College in 1887. He edited the botany of the
Standard Dictionary, 1891-94, and furnished the botanical
matter for the supplement of the same in 1901-02. He fur-
nished to the American Book Company "A brief flora" for
their "Andrews' Botany all the year around", 1903-04, and
published "A brief flora of the Eastern United States," 1904.
He was unmarried.
ROBERT LONG ADAMS,
Son of John Thomas and Rebecca (Bailie) Adams, was born
Nov. 25, 1834, in Cincinnati, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Pleasant, Ind., at
the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Pleasant under his pastors, the Rev. William Sickels and
the Rev. Francis M. Symmes, and afterward in the Academic
Department of Hanover College, Ind., from which institution
he graduated in 1859. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1862. He was licensed June 4, 1862 by
the Presbytery of Madison (now New Albany), and was
ordained by the same Sept. 28, 1863. He was stated supply
of the following churches : Brown and Kingston, O., from
February 1863 to March 1865; Mifflin, O., from April 1865
to March 1866; Summit and Long Grove, la., from October
1866 to October 1868, Andover and Osco, 111., from October
1868 to December 1870; Andover and Lynn, 111., from Decem-
ber 1870 until installed pastor Oct. 16, 1871. He was released
from this double charge Apr. 1, 1874. After this he supplied
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the following churches: Beulah and Coal Valley, 111., from
April 1873 to April 1874; Remington and Rensselaer, Ind.,
from April 1874 to April 1875 '> the Reformed church of Rari-
tan, 111., from July 1875 to April 1878, the Presbyterian
churches of Bethlehem and West Union, Ind., from April
1878 to January 1882; Bainbridge, Carpentersville and Put-
namville, Ind., from January 1882 to October 1883; Crooks-
ton, Minn., from October 1883 to October 1884; Fulton and
Albany, 111., from October 1884 to October 1887, and Albany,
Tex., from October 1887 until installed its pastor Apr. 25,
1889. He was released from this charge July 29, 1890. He
then supplied the churches of Portland and Upper Mt. Bethel,
Pa., from August 1890 until installed pastor May 12, 1891,
and was released July 31, 1895. After this he was stated
supply of the churches at Omro, Wis., 1897-99; Schellsburg
and Man's Choice, Pa., for a time in 1900, and the church at
Brewster, Minn., in 1902. He engaged in evangelistic work
in Milwaukee, Wis., from 1903 to 1904 when he was honorably
retired from the active work of the ministry. After this he
resided in Minneapolis, Minn., until his death, Mar. 27, 1914,
in Minneapolis, of general debility, in the 80th year of his age.
He was buried in the Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis. He
was a commissioner to the General Assembly at Saratoga in
1890. During a large part of his ministry he suffered from a
painful form of rheumatism which seriously hampered him in
his work. In 1902 he met with a street car accident which
disabled him for the active work of the ministry, although he
continued to preach as opportunity offered.
He was married Sept. 1, 1863, in Monroe, Ind., to Lizzie
Craig, who, with one son, survives him.
EDWARD PAYSON MARVIN,
Son of William and Mary S. (Pierson) Marvin, was born
Dec. 12, 1834, in Bethany, N. Y. He made a public confession
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of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Geneseo,
N. Y., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the academy at Geneseo, under Professor James
Nichols, and he graduated from Centre College, Ky., in i860.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he remained there two years. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Buffalo City in June 1862, and ordained by the
same Feb. 9, 1864. In April 1862 he began serving the church
at Black Rock, N. Y., as stated supply and was installed its
pastor at the time of his ordination. He was released from
this charge June 28, 1865. He was stated supply of the Second
Ward Church of Lockport, N. Y., from October 1865 to July
1877, and stated supply of Calvary Church, Lockport, from
1879 to 1891. He organized the Second Church and Calvary
Church of Lockport as well as the church at Wright's Corners
near Lockport. After 1891 he had no pastoral charge, but
continued his residence in Lockport doing work as an evangelist
as occasion offered. He died June 16, 1913, in Lockport, in the
79th year of his age. He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery,
Lockport, N. Y. During his ministry he held revival meetings
in two hundred different places. He published the following
small books : God's Way of Salvation ; Dispensational History
of Redemption; Ecclesiastical Amusements; Maranatha, and
Christ and the Apostles stand or fall with Moses and the
Prophets, as well as about twenty-five tracts and fifteen hun-
dred articles for papers and magazines. He also composed
several hymns.
He was married Nov. 25, 1863, in Beach Ridge, N. Y., to
Caroline A. Hall, who died Jan. 21, 1906. Two sons and one
daughter survive him.
GEORGE SAYLES BISHOP, D.D.,
Son of the Hon. William Samuel and Mary Willard (Sayles)
Bishop, was born June 28, 1836, in Rochester, N. Y. He made
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a public confession of his faith in the Washington Street (now
Central) Presbyterian Church of Rochester, N. Y., at the age
of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Al-
bany Academy, Oberlin, O., and in the Rochester, N. Y., High
School. He took the first year of his college course in the
Rochester University, and then entered Amherst College,
graduating from that institution in 1858. During the next
three years he engaged in teaching Greek and Latin in the
Williston Seminary of Easthampton, Mass. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1861, he spent one year there and
then took the second year of his theological course in the
Andover Theological Seminary. Returning to Princeton for
his senior year in 1863, he graduated from that institution in
1864. He was licensed in June 1863 by the Presbytery of
Rochester, and ordained June 16, 1864 by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, being at the same time installed pastor of the
Second Church of Trenton, N. J. He was released from this
charge Feb. 20, 1866. He was pastor of the Calvary Church,
Newburgh, N. Y., from March 1866 to November 1872, and of
the Second (Brick) Church of Orange, N. J., from Dec. 3,
1872 to Apr. 14, 1875. The rest of his ministry was in connec-
tion with the Reformed (Dutch) Church, being pastor of the
church at Orange, N. J., from May 12, 1875 to Dec - h T 9° 6 '
the long period of thirty-one years. At the conclusion of this
pastorate he was made pastor emeritus. After this he spent
much time in travel continuing his residence at Orange until his
death Mar. 12, 1914, in East Orange, N. J., of gastric ulcer, in
the 78th year of his age. He was buried in the Rosedale
Cemetery, Orange, N. J. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Rutgers College in 1877. He was president of the
General Synod of the Reformed Church in 1899; was a dele-
gate to the Alliance of the Reformed Churches in Belfast in
1884, and twice since that time. He was twice a delegate to
the Dutch Synod in Holland. Among his published writings
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were : The Doctrines of Grace and Kindred Themes, N. Y.,
1910; Grace in Galatians, N. Y., 1912, besides more than fifty
sermons. From 1877 to 1878 he was editor of the Sower and
Gospel Field, an organ of the Reformed Church in America.
He was also a Vedder lecturer for Rutgers College and New
Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1885.
Dr. Bishop was married Aug. 11, 1864, in Northampton,
Mass., to Hannah More Williston, who, with one son, survives
him.
GE0HGE FRANKLIN MERRIAM,
Son of Franklin and Mary Ann (Lane) Merriam, was born
Oct. 20, 1836, at Mason, (now Greenville) N. H. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Congregational church of
Temple, N. H., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H.,
and he graduated from Amherst College in 1861. He entered
the Seminary at Princeton the same year, remaining one year.
He then went to Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., from
which he graduated in 1864. He was licensed in 1864 by the
Congregational Association of Brooklyn, and ordained, Mar.
9, 1865, by a Congregational Council at Mason, N. H., being
at the same time installed pastor of the Congregational church
of Mason (Greenville). He was released from this charge in
1899, after a long pastorate of thirty-four years. During this
pastorate he served the New Hampshire state legislature
from 1873 to 1875, and supplied the Congregational church of
New Ipswich, N. H., from April 1883 to November 1891 and
again from 1896 to 1897. He resided in Mt. Kisco, N. Y.,
1900-01, and in Greenville, Mass., 1902-05. He was pastor of
the Congregational church at Deerfield, Mass., from 1905 to
1906. During the latter part of his life he resided at Mt. Kisco,
N. Y., where he died Aug. 5, 1912, of cardiac fibrosis, in the
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76th year of his age. He was buried in Greenville, N. H. He
was a member of the New Hampshire constitutional conven-
tion in 1890, and was moderator of the New Hampshire Con-
gregational Association in 1894. He published Home
Evangelisation, 1886; A Memorial Tribute to Rev. Jesse M.
Coburn, 1889; The Man of God, 1890; In Memory of Edward
Dudley Boylston, 1895, and other articles.
He was married Aug. 11, 1868, in Temple, N. H., to
Elisabeth McGown, who died July 19, 1907. Three sons survive
him.
WILLIAM GEORGE THOMAS,
Son of Richard and Susanna (Simes) Thomas, was born Sept.
21, 1829, in Indian Creek, Monroe County, Va. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Centreville, Va., at the age of thirteen. He was prepared for
college in Hanover, Ind., and engaged in teaching before enter-
ing college. He graduated from Hanover College, Ind., in
i860. He entered the Northwestern Theological Seminary
(now McCormick) in i860, graduating therefrom in 1862.
From 1862 to 1864 he supplied the church at Salem, 111. He
was licensed in April 1861 by the Presbytery of Logansport,
and ordained an evangelist in April 1864 by the Presbytery of
Haskaska. From 1864 to 1865 he supplied the church of Lex-
ington (Wild Cat) Ind. In the fall of the latter year he en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton as a graduate student,
remaining one year. He was stated supply of the church at
Stranger (now Leavenworth) Kan., 1866-67; stated supply of
the church of Perryville (Perry) Kan., 1867-68; stated supply
of the church of Waterville, Kan., 1869-70; stated supply at
Washington, Kan., 1870-71 ; stated supply at Maryville, Mo.,
1872-73; pastor at Mound City, Mo., 1873-74; stated supply at
Minonk, 111., 1874-77; stated supply at Greanleaf, Kan., 1880-81,
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and stated supply of the Sharon and Adrian churches, Mo.,
1887-88. He supplied many of these churches somewhat inter-
mittently, having his residence in Kansas City, Mo., from 1881
until his death, Dec. 2, 1912, in Kansas City, of apoplexy, in
the 74th year of his age. He was buried in Kansas City, Mo.
He published a small book entitled Christianity a Fact, in 1882.
He was married May 15, 1862, near Knightstown, Ind., to
Mattie Emeline Abernathy, who, with two sons and one daugh-
ter, survives him.
JOHN KEIPw EEAIRSTO,
Son of James and Mary (Keir) Beairsto, was born July 5,
1840, in Malpeque, P. E. I., Canada. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Princetown,
P. E. I., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the common school of Malpeque, P. E. I., in the
academy at Charlottetown, P. E. I., and afterwards privately
under the Rev. Isaac Murray, D.D., and the Rev. Samuel
Bernard. He graduated from Truro College, Nova Scotia, in
1862. He then spent two years in the Halifax Presbyterian
College, and one year at home. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1865 and graduated therefrom in 1866. He was
licensed July 25, 1866, by the Presbytery of Prince Edward
Island, and ordained Sept. 30, 1869, by the Presbytery of St.
John, N. B. At the time of his ordination he was installed
pastor of the churches of Saltsprings and Hammond River,
N. B., and was released from this double charge Oct. 22, 1876.
He supplied the church at Hamilton, Bermuda, from October
1877 to May 1878, and after that engaged in home missionary
work for a time in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He was
pastor of the churches at Carleton and Chebogue, N. S., from
Nov. 25, 1879, to May 20, 1883, and pastor of the church at
Glassville, N. S., from March 1884 until the fall of 1898. He
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supplied the St. Martin's Church, X. S., from November 1898
until April 1899, and was pastor of the church at Glassville for
a second time from May 2, 1899 until Feb. 24, 1904. He re-
sided in Glassville from this time until his death, which occurred
Apr. 21, 1912, in Glassville, of heart failure, in the 72nd year
of his age. He was buried in the Presbyterian Church Ceme-
tery, at Glassville, Canada.
He was twice married: (1) Sept. 21, 187 1, in Maccan, N. S.,
Canada, to Sarah Jane Patrick, who died Mar. 20, 1875; (2)
Dec. 8, 1880, in Barnesville, N. B., Canada, to Jane Barnes,
who, with two sons and three daughters, survives him.
JAMES FREDERICK ROSS APPLEBY, M.D.,
Son of William and Elizabeth (Sartside) Appleby, was born
June 10, 1840, in Kingsport, Tenn. He entered the sophomore
class of Lafayette College in 1861, and graduated from that
institution in 1864. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he spent only one year there being obliged
to leave on account of ill health. He studied medicine in the
Georgetown College near Washington, D. C, receiving the de-
gree of M.D. in 1868. He practiced his profession in Washing-
ton from this time until his death, which occurred Sept. 27,
1907, in Washington, of valvular disease of the heart, in the
68th year of his age. He was buried in Washington. He was
a member of the Medical Society and the Medical Association
of the District of Columbia. He had intended becoming a
medical missionary, but found his health inadequate. From
1868 to 1875 he was physician in charge of the Alms House
lospital of Washington. Before entering college he served
in the 38th Pennsylvania Militia.
He was married May 14, 1868, in Govanstown, Md., to
Amanda Rebecca Kelley. One son and four daughters survive
him.
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JAMES SHEPARD DENNIS, D.D.
Son of Alfred Lewis and Eliza Abigail (Shepard) Dennis, was
born Dec. 15, 1842, in Newark, N. J. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of New-
ark, at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Alger Institute, Cornwall, Conn., under the
Rev. Ira Pettibone, and in Newark, N. J., under private tutors.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1863. He spent
the next year in the study of law at the Harvard Law School.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1864, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1867. He was licensed
Apr. 17, 1866, by the Presbytery of Newark, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery, Sept. 23, 1868, having de-
voted himself to the work of foreign missions. From May
1867 to October 1868 he assisted the pastor of the High Street
Church of Newark. In October 1868 he sailed for Syria
where he was to spend the whole of his missionary life. He
was stationed at Sidon, Syria, from 1867 to 1871. From
September 1871 to October 1872 he was in the United States.
From October 1873 until the spring of 1891 he was principal
and professor of Theology in the Beirut Theological Seminary.
He was called back to America in the latter year by the death
of his father and spent the rest of his life in this country en-
gaged in the work of editor and author, residing in New York
City until 191 1 and thereafter in Montclair, N. J., until his
death, which occurred Mar. 21, 1914, in Montclair, of pneu-
monia, in the 72nd year of his age. He was buried in the
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N. J. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Princeton University in 1879,
and from the University of Aberdeen in 1906. Dr. Dennis
was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants ;
of the Society of Colonial Wars ; of the Society of
the Sons of the Revolution ; of the Princeton Club
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of New York City; of the Quill Club of New York, and
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He
was also a fellow of the American Geographical Society ; a
member of the Board of Foreign Missions from 1904 until his
death; of the Chi Alpha and Sigma Chi Club of New York
City; Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Syrian Pro-
testant College and a member of the Commission No. 1 of the
World Missionary Conference of Edinburgh. Dr. Dennis was
the student's lecturer on missions of Princeton Seminary for
1892-93 and 1895-96. He is chiefly known for his numerous
publications on the subject of missions. He published in the
Arabic language text-books on "Evidences of Christianity",
"Scripture Interpretation" and "Systematic Theology".
Among his publications in English were a historical sketch
of the Syrian Mission; Foreign Missions After a Century,
1893; Christian Missions and Social Progress, 3 volumes,
1897-1906; Centennial Survey of Foreign Missions, 1902; A
New Horoscope of Missions, 1908, and The Modern Call of
Missions, 1913.
He was married June 26, 1872, in Newark, N. J., to Mary
Elisabeth Pinneo, who, with one son and one daughter, sur-
vives him.
JOSEPH FREDERIC ERIPPS, D.D.,
Son of Matthew and Amelia (Millar) Dripps, was born Mar.
19, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession of
his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the private school of Benjamin W. Dwight in Brooklyn, and
he graduated from New York University in 1863. After his
graduation he engaged in work as a civil engineer from August
1863 to September 1865. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the latter year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by the
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Presbytery of New York, Apr. 17, 1867. He supplied the
First Church of Indianapolis, Ind., from May to October
1868, and the American Protestant Church of Montreal,
Canada, from February to September 1869. He was ordained
by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, Mar. 7, 1870, and
at the same time installed pastor of the First Church of Ger-
mantown, Philadelphia from which he was released Dec. 23,
1879. After this he resided for a time in Savannah, Ga.
He was pastor of the Clinton Street Church, Philadelphia,
from June 6, 1882 to June 7, 1886, and of the Independent
Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Ga., from 1889 to 1895.
Returning north he took up his residence in Germantown, Pa.,
in 1896, and from that time until his death was joint pro-
prietor with his son of the Stevens School for Girls in Ger-
mantown. From Feb. 12, 1904 to May 23, 1910 he was pastor
of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown. He died Jan.
31, 1914, in Germantown, Pa., of heart disease, in the 70th
year of his age. He was buried in the West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. He received the honorary de-
gree of D.D. in 1884 from Lafayette College, and from the
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He was a member
of the Board of Ministerial Relief, from 1876 to 1887, and of
the Board of Education, from 1876 to 1889, being president
of the Board from 1884 to 1889. He was president of the
Alumni Association of Princeton Seminary for the year 1899-
1900. He published How to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
(a tract), and How to repent (a tract), as well as a small
volume, Love and Friendship.
He was married Jan. 27, 1875, in Germantown, Philadelphia,
to Emily Dunning, who died Sept. 20, 1904. One son survives
him.
JOHN LOVELL MURRAY, D.D.,
Son of Alexander and Janet (Ross) Murray, was born June
8, 1838, in Zorra, Ont., Canada. He made a public confession
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of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Caledonia, Ont.,
at the age of twenty-five. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Caledonia High School and in the Normal School of
Toronto, and he graduated from Toronto University in 1865.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1868. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick,
Apr. 18, 1867, and ordained by the Presbytery of Cobourg,
Canada, Oct. 28, 1868, being at the same time installed pastor
of the churches at Baltimore and Cold Springs, Can. He was
released from this double charge Dec. 17, 1872. He was
pastor of the church at Woodville, Can., from this latter date
until July 1, 1878, and of the church at Kincardine, Can., from
July n, 1878, until October 1908. He resided in Toronto
from this time until his death, Oct. 22, 19 13, in Toronto, of
pneumonia, in the 76th year of his age. He was buried in
Toronto, Can. He received the honorary degree of D.D. in
1898 from the Presbyterian College of Montreal. He acted
as agent for the British and Foreign Society for a few weeks
at a time during twelve years. He published several sermons
and articles. Among the latter was a History of the Church's
Mission in the Island of Formosa, published in the Montreal
Presbyterian College Journal in 1890.
He was married Jan. 10, 1870, in Baltimore, Ont., Canada,
to Mary Roberts Keam, who died May 23, 1910. Two sons
and three daughters survive him.
JOHN LINTON STUART, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. David Todd and Olivia Winchester (Hall)
Stuart, was born Dec. 2, 1840, in Shelby County, Ky. He
united with the Presbyterian church of Shelbyville, Ky., at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Shelbyville, under Professor James W. Dodd. He was a stu-
dent in Jefferson College until his senior year when he en-
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tered Centre College, Ky., graduating therefrom in 1861. Dur-
ing the next four years he engaged in teaching in Bullitt
County, Ky., 1861-62; in Taylorsville, Ky., 1862-63; in Hen-
derson, Ky., 1863-64 and in Columbia, Ky., 1864-65. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1865, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 18, 1867, and or-
dained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Louisville (Southern
Church) July 5, 1868, having devoted himself to the work of
foreign missions. After his ordination he went to Hangchow,
China. After residing in Hangchow a year an attempt was
made in July 1869 to open a station at Gynchow in the Che-
kiang Province, 150 miles from Hangchow. This attempt was
abandoned in 1871 or 1872 and this mission was turned over
to the China Inland Mission. Dr. Stuart after trying in vain
to open Huchow, went to Soochow and remained there until
the spring of 1873 when he returned to the United States to
recruit his health. He went back to China in 1874 and re-
mained at Hangchow for the rest of his long missionary
career. In forty-five years of service he had only five fur-
loughs. For many years he was the treasurer of the Hang-
chow Mission. He died Nov. 24, 191 3, in Hangchow, of
paralysis, in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried in the
Foreign Cemetery outside of Hangchow. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Southwestern University in
1906, and from the University of Omaha in 1907.
He was married Oct. 15, 1874, in Mobile, Ala., to Mary
Louisa Horton, who, with two sons, survives him.
ISAAC VAN WAliT SCHENCE, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Elias Samuel and Anna (Van Wart) Schenck,
was born Dec. 6, 1846, in White Plains, N. Y. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Fulton, Mo., at the age of nineteen. He was prepared for
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college by his father in St. Charles, Mo., and he graduated
from Westminster College, Mo., in 1864. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, but left
in December to engage in teaching as principal of the Gram-
mar School of Frelighsburg, Quebec, Can., until June 1865.
He then taught in the Brainerd Institute from September
1865 for a year, returning to Princeton Seminary he remained
three years, graduating in 1869. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 22, 1868, and ordained
by the same May 18, 1869, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Hamilton Square, N. J., from which
he was released Dec. 31, 1879. He was pastor of the East-
burn Mariner's Church, Philadelphia, from Jan. 5, 1880 to
Apr. 2, 1883; stated supply of the Green Hill Church, Phila-
delphia, for two months in 1883 ; pastor of the church of Port-
age, Wis., 1883-85 ; pastor of the Mt. Olivet Church, Brooklyn,
N. Y., 1885-89; pastor of the Grace church, Brooklyn, 1889-
92; and pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of New-
ark, N. J., from 1894 to 1899, when ill health compelled him
to give up the active work of the ministry. He resided after
this in Newark, N. J., having charge of supplies for the City
Hospital, until his death, Dec. 15, 1913, in the Newark Hos-
pital, of nerve exhaustion, in the 68th year of his age. He
was buried in the Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N. J. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Westminster Col-
lege, Mo., in 1880. He was a direct descendant of Major
Andre, the British spy. He published sketches of sermons in
the State Register of Portage, Wis., and in the Newark papers.
He was married Nov. 10, 1870, in Trenton, N. J., to Caro-
line Nichols Yard, who, with one daughter, survives him.
ROBERT HOUSTON CRAIG, LL.D.,
Son of John and Margaret (Houston) Craig, was born Mar.
31, 1842, in Ballinagashel, County Antrim, Ireland. He made
CORRECTION.
In the Necrological Report for 1914, page 300, the state-
ment is made concerning the late I. V. Schenck, D. D., that
he was a direct descendant of Major Andre, the British spy.
It should read : descendant of one of the captors of Major
Andre.
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a public confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian
Church, Kilraughts, Ire., at the age of sixteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the Ballymoney Classical Acad-
emy, in McClintock's Classical and Mathematical Academy,
Belfast, and privately under the Rev. W. E. Mulgan and
others. He was not a college graduate, but took a full course
of training in the Dublin National Training College in 1864.
Before coming to this country he engaged in teaching in the
Model School of Coleraine, Ire., 1859-60; in the National
School of Tullybane, Ire., from July to December i860 ; in the
National School of Clonakilty, Ire., from July to September
1861 ; in the National School of Mosside, Ire., from January
1863 to November 1865 ; in the Stanhope Street National
School of Belfast, from Nov. 1865 to September 1866, and in
the National School of Kilroot from October 1866 to August
1868. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1868, taking
the full three years' course there, and graduating in 187 1. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 22,
1870, and ordained by the Presbytery of Hudson, June 27,
1 87 1, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Otisville, N. Y., from which he was released Mar. 18, 1884.
His other pastorates were Hawley, Pa., from May 27, 1884
to May 11, 1888; Bennett, Pa., from July 13, 1888 to Apr. 19,
1892, and Amity, N. Y., from Sept. 13, 1892 to July 11, 1909.
After this time he resided in PlainfieM, N. J., until his death,
which occurred Sept. 11, 191 3, in Plainfield, of apoplexy, in
the 72nd year of his age. He was buried in the Hillside Ceme-
tery, Plainfield, N. J. He received the degree of LL.D. from
Gale College, Wis., in 1900. During a number of years he
wrote articles for the New York Observer and other relig-
ious papers. He was a commissioner to the General As-
sembly in Brooklyn in 1876, and at St. Louis in 1900. He was
moderator of Hudson Presbytery in 1878 and again in 1897.
He was moderator of the Lackawanna Presbytery in 1887.
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For a time he was treasurer of Hudson Presbytery and was
chairman of its Committee on Ministerial Relief since 1898.
He was married July 31, 1873, i n Ballymoney, Ire., to
Rachel McFetridge, who, with two daughters, survives him.
KENNETH McKAY,
Son of George and Catherine (Munro) McKay, was born June
20, 1844, at Hardwood Hill, Pictou, N. S., Canada. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Scotsburn, Canada, at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Scotsburn Grammar School, and
he graduated from Dalhousie College in 1868. He then entered
the Halifax Theological College, remaining two years. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1870, he completed his course
there, graduating in 187 1. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Pictou, May 1, 1871, and was ordained by the same, Feb. 22,
1872, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Richmond, N. B., and was released from this charge Sept. 30,
1888. During this pastorate, the congregation was divided
into Richmond and South Richmond, Mr. McKay remaining
with the former. Later the Houlton, Me., branch of the Rich-
mond congregation separated from the mother church and on
Oct. 1, 1888, he became pastor of the Houlton church and con-
tinued serving it until Apr. 19, 1910, when the state of his health
compelled him to give up the active work of the ministry.
He continued his residence in Houlton, Me., until his death
there, Mar. 15, 1914, of a general breakdown after four years'
illness, in the 70th year of his age. He was buried in the Ever-
green Cemetery of Houlton. While a student in Dalhousie
College he engaged in teaching in a rural school of Pictou
County for a time.
He was married July 8, 1873, i n Pictou, N. S., Canada, to
Margaret Anne Grant, who, with four sons and three daugh-
ters, survives him.
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WILLIAM DUUANT, D.D.,
Son of William Clark and Ann Elizabeth (White) Durant,
was born Aug. 21, 1846, in Albany, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Yale College Church, at the age
of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Albany Academy, N. Y., under Professor David Murray
principal, and he graduated from Yale University in 1868.
He then spent a year in travel in Europe and the East. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1869, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1872. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Albany, June 14, 1871, and ordained by
the same Presbytery, Dec. 9, 1873, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of the Sixth Church, Albany, N. Y. He was
released from this charge Apr. 18, 1882. He was pastor of
the First Church, Morristown, N. J., from May 11, 1882 to
May 17, 1887, and of the Boundary Avenue Church, Balti-
more, Md., from Oct. 11, 1887 to June 1, 1892. He then spent
several months in travel in Europe. His last pastorate was
that of the First Church, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., from Feb.
15, 1893 to May 5, 1908. He then resided in Wellesley, Mass.,
from 1910 until his death, which occurred Mar. 3, 1914, in
Wellesley, of Bright's disease, in the 68th year of his age. He
was buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Y. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Union College in
1894. In 1878 he published a book on "Church Polity", se-
lected and arranged from the contributions to the Princeton
Review by Charles Hodge; a "Manual of the Sixth Presby-
terian Church" of Albany in 1882; "Combined registers of
First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N. J., with ad-
ditional genealogies" 1742- 1890, in 1892, and also a number
of sermons and articles in the religious weeklies.
He was twice married: (1) July 17, 1878, in Albany,
N. Y., to Elizabeth Frances Stantial, who died Mar. 18, 1885,
(2) May 19, 1887, in Albany, N. Y., to Lucy Bugden Stantial,
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who, with one son by his first wife, and one daughter by the
second, survives him.
LEANEER GEORGE MACNEILL,
Son of Alexander Marquis and Lucy Ann (Woolner) Mac-
neill, was born Jan 27, 1845, in Cavendish, P. E. I., Canada.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Nicholson
Street United Presbyterian Church of Edinburgh, Scotland, at
the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued
privately in Cavendish under Dr. Isaac Murray ; in the Caven-
dish Grammar School ; for two years in the Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, P. E. I., and for one year in Truro
College, Nova Scotia. He graduated from the University of
Edinburgh in 1868. After three months spent in travel in
Europe, he entered the United Presbyterian Seminary of
Edinburgh, remaining there two months. During the next
two years he was professor of Classics in the Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1870, he spent two years there. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 10, 1872, and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Halifax, N. S., Nov. 12, 1872,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Mait-
land, N. S., from which he was released Nov. 19, 1878. From
December 1878 to October 1886 he was pastor of St. An-
drews Church, St. John's, N. F., and from October 1886 to
February 1900 pastor of St. Andrews Church, St. John, N. B.
At this time the condition of his health compelled him to give
up the work of the ministry from which he was honorably
retired. He continued his residence in St. John until his
death, Oct. 14, 1913, in St. John, of paralysis, in the 69th year
of his age. He was buried in the Fernhill Cemetery, St. John,
N. B. He published a number of sermons and articles in
magazines as well as popular lectures on various subjects.
He was married three times: (1) July 19, 1869, in Char-
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lottetown, P. E. I., Canada, to Elizabeth Jane Perkins, who
died May 9, 1879; (2) Oct. 23, 1880, in Maitland, N. S., to
Annie Putnam, who died Jan. 20, 1892; (3) Apr. 18, 1895,
in St. John, N. B., to Mary Grey Kennedy, who with two sons
by his first wife, two by his second, and one by his third,
survives him.
JAMES STOTT WESTCOTT,
Son of the Rev. William Augustus and Sarah Rose (Stott)
Westcott, was born Jan. 21, 1848, in Ramapo, Rockland
County, N. Y. He made a public confession of his faith in
the Presbyterian church of Bloomingburg, N. Y., at the age of
twenty-one. He studied in the Seward Institute, Goshen.
N. Y., and in the Emerson Institute, Washington, D. C. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1873 and remained until
the middle of January 1876, not completing his course on ac-
count of the death of his father. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Hudson, Apr. 21, 1875, and ordained an evange-
list by the Presbytery of Winnebago, Oct. 10, 1877. He sup-
plied the church of Centerville, N. Y., from May to November
1876, and the church at Horicon, Wis., from June 1877 to
June 1878. He then supplied the church at Jenny (now
Merrill) Wis., 1879-80. From 1880 to 1881 he was superin-
tendent of schools for Lincoln County, Wis. He was clerk of
the circuit court of London County, from 1882 to 1883,
and clerk of the city of Merrill, Wis., from 1883 to 1886.
From 1888 to 1893 he was a member of the Education Com-
mittee of the Y. M. C. A., in Washington, D. C, being chair-
man of the Committee from 1892 to 1893. After this he
supplied the church at Manassas, Va., from 1893 to 1894 and
the church at Vienna, Va., from 1900 to 1901 and again from
1903 to 1904, having his residence during this time at Vienna.
He died Nov. 25, 191 3, in Vienna, of angina pectoris, in the
66th year of his age. He was buried at Oakton, Va. He was
moderator of the Presbytery of Washington City, 1896-97.
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He was married Apr. 30, 1881, in Merrill, Wis., to Evelyn
Marcia Walker. One son survives him.
DANIEL BREWER BANTA,
Son of Peter John and Mary Ann (Brewer) Banta, was born
Nov. 24, 1847, i n Franklin, Ind. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hopewell, Ind., at
the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Hopewell Academy, and he graduated from Hanover Col-
lege, Ind., in 1874. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1877. He was licensed Sept. 12, 1878, by
the Presbytery of Indianapolis, and ordained Apr. 7, 1881, by
the Presbytery of Crawfordsville. From 1879 to 1880 he
supplied the church at Shiloh, Ind., and after this was stated
supply of the following churches in Indiana: Lebanon, 1880-
87; Dover, 1882; Hopewell, 1883-95; Elizaville, 1887-92;
Sugar Creek, 1892-95 ; Mt. Moriah, Bethany and Spencer
from February 1896 until his death. His residence during
this time was at Spencer where he died Nov. 17, 1913, of
apoplexy, within a week of the completion of his 66th year.
He was buried in the Hopewell Church Cemetery, Franklin,
Ind.
He was married Feb. 17, 1881, in Cincinnati, O., to Mary
Snyder Heckman, who, with one son and two daughters, sur-
vives him.
ROBERT GIBSON McNIECE, D.D.,
Son of John and Lydia (Divoll) McNiece, was born Jan. 10,
1839, in Topsham, Vt. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Reformed Presbyterian church of Topsham, at
the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Academy of Newbury, Vt., under Professor George C.
Smith, and he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1867. He
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spent the next three years in teaching, being principal of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, High School from 1867 to 1870. From 1870
to 1874 he was editor of the Fort Wayne Daily Gazette. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1874, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1877. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 23, 1877, and or-
dained an evangelist by the same Apr. 27, 1877. From 1877
to 1897 he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of
Salt Lake City, Utah, when he became Dean of Westminster
College which he had been largely instrumental in founding
in Salt Lake City. He held this office until his death, which
occurred Oct. 3, 191 3, in Salt Lake City, of acute bronchitis,
in the 75th year of his age. He was buried in the Mount
Olivet Cemetery of Salt Lake City. He received the honorary
degree of D.D. in 1883 from both Wabash College, Ind., and
Knox College, 111. He was president of the Board of Trus-
tees of Westminster College, Utah, for some years, and secre-
tary of the Board at the time of his death. He declined an
appointment as tutor in Dartmouth College in 1868 and 1869,
and also declined a professorship of English Literature in the
same institution in 1882. He published the following pam-
phlets : "The Immortal Building and its Three Pillars" ; "The
Perversion of Religion"; "The Christian Reconstruction of
Utah"; "The true Friends of the Mormon People, 1879";
"The Christian Conflict in Utah, 1882", and "Civilization's
Indebtedness to Christianity", 1883.
He was married Aug. 4, 1881, in Galesburg, 111., to Sara
J. Irwin, who, with two sons, survives him.
ASHBEL GBEEN LANE, D.D.,
Son of John Jay and Lucy (Grimes) Lane, was born May
22, 1850, in Fairview, O. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, O., at
the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued
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in the Western Reserve Preparatory School, Hudson. O.,
and he graduated from Marietta College in 1877. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, remaining two years. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of St. Clairsville, Apr. 29, 1879, and ordained by the
same, Oct. 8, 1879. From August 1879 to August 1880 he
supplied the churches at Woodsfield, Buchanan and New
Castle, O., and from November 1880 to December 1881, the
church of Arlington, Cal., with his residence at Riverside.
He was pastor of the church at Morristown, O., from May
18, 1882 to Apr. 24, 1883; pastor of the church at Crest-
line, O., from Oct. 16, 1883 to Dec. 1, 1886; stated supply
of the church at Mason City, 111., from Dec. 26, 1886, until
installed its pastor Dec. 1, 1887, being released in October
1S91 ; pastor elect of the church at Cheyenne, Wyo., from
November 1891 to February 1893; pastor of the church at
Fremont, O., from May 3, 1893 to Dec. 10, 1905, and pastor
elect of the First Church of Alton, 111., from Dec. 17, 1905,
until installed its pastor Jan. 22, 1906, being released from
this charge June 25, 1912; and stated supply of the First
Church of La Grande, Ore., from July 28, 1912 until his
death, Mar. 29, 1914, at La Grande, of appolexy, in the
64th year of his age. He was buried at La Grande, Ore.
He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the Ohio
Northern University in 1904.
He was married Oct. 14, 1880, in Bellaire, O., to Margaret
Jane Nelson, who, with two sons, survives him.
JAY HENRY LONG,
Son of Stephen and Anna (Dampman) Long, was born
Aug. 12, 1853, in Honeybrook, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Honey-
brook, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued privately in Honeybrook under the Rev. William
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A. Ferguson, and at the State Normal School in West
Chester, Pa. He took his freshman and part of his sopho-
more year in Lafayette College and then entered Princeton
University, graduating therefrom in 1876. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
spent his junior and middle years there and then remained
out for two years, returning in 1880 and leaving the Semi-
nary in 1 88 1 prior to graduation. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Red River, Apr. 1, 1885, and ordained by
the same Presbytery, Oct. 6, 1885. He supplied the church
at Hallock, Minn., 1885-86; a church at Ladoga, Minn., 1886-
87, and the church at Currie, Minn., 1887-88. At this time
he studied law and was admitted to the Bar. He resided in
Slayton, Minn., 1888-98. In 1892 he demitted the ministry.
From 1899 to 1906 he practiced law in Mankato, Minn., and
was a ruling elder in the church of that place. In 1907 he
moved to Brainerd, Minn., where he resided and engaged in
the practice of law until his death, Aug. 28, 191 3, at Brainerd,
after an operation for cancer of the stomach, in the 61 st year
of his age. He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery of
Brainerd. He was city attorney for Slayton, Minn., from
1892 to 1893 and city clerk of the same place in 1893. He
was a judge of the municipal court in Mankato, Minn., in
1905 and 1906.
He was married June 23, 1876, in Honeybrook, Pa., to
Lizzie Buchanan Marple, who, with two sons and two daugh-
ters, survives him.
THOMAS GUMMING BEATTIE,
Son of the Rev. David and Isabella Hamilton (dimming)
Beattie, was born July 23, 1854, in Scotch town, N. Y. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Scotchtown, N. Y., at the age of fourteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued at the Wallkill Academy of
Middletown, N. Y., and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
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versity in 1878. After this he spent a year at his home pre-
paring a brother for college, and the year following in Union
Theological Seminary, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1880, completing his course there and graduating
in 1882. He was licensed Mar. 29, 1882, by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, and ordained June 27, 1882, by the Presby-
tery of Hudson, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Chester, N. Y. He was released from this
charge June 28, 1888. He was stated supply of the church at
Las Animas, Col., from July 1888 to September 1890, and
of the church at Albuquerque, N. M., from October 1890 un-
til installed its pastor May 15, 1891. He continued pastor of
this church until 1903. He was associate pastor of the First
Church of Pasadena, Cal., from 1904 until 1908. After this
he continued his residence in Pasadena, where he died Sept.
22, 191 3, of apoplexy, in the 62nd year of his age. He was
buried at Pasadena.
He was married July 28, 1891, in Chester, N. Y., to Ruby
Miller, who, with one daughter, survives him.
HENRY CLAY GILLINGHAM,
Son of Smith Price and Margaret Catherine (Scarborough)
Gillingham, was born May 24, 1857, in Lahaska, Pa. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Methodist Episcopal
church of Oxford, Pa., at the age of twenty-three. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the New London Academy,
Pa., and he was a student for some time in the Delaware
College, Newark, Del. He entered the Seminary at Princeton
in 1882, remaining two years. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of Winnebago, Sept. 10, 1884, and ordained by the same
Presbytery, Nov. 12, 1884. After this he supplied the follow-
ing churches: Westfield, Wis., 1884-85; Logan, la., 1885-87;
Oakdale, Cal., 1887-88; Modesto, Cal., 1888-91. Returning
to the East he took up his residence in West Chester, Pa., and
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was editor of the Village Record of West Chester until his
death, Dec. 17, 1913, in West Chester, of kidney trouble, in
the 57th year of his age. He was buried in the Cemetery at
Oxford, Pa. He was unmarried.
HENRY DRENNAN LINDSAY, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. John Oliver and Mary Amanda (Drennan)
Lindsay, was born Oct. 12, 1859, at Calhoun's Mills, S. C. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Little Mountain, S. C, at the age of seventeen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in Due West, S. C,
under Rev. J. I. Bonner, D.D., and he graduated from Erskine
College in 1879. He took the first year of his theological
course in Columbia Theological Seminary, 1879-80. He then
entered the Seminary at Princeton taking the middle year
course, 1880 to 1881. During the next year he labored as
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Cleveland, O. Returning
to Princeton he completed his theological course, graduating
in 1883. He was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia North, June 11, 1883, being at the same time
installed pastor of the Thompson Memorial Church, Browns-
burgh, Pa. He was released from this charge Aug. 24, 1884.
After this he had the following pastorates : First Church,
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 17, 1884 to June 12, 1888; Brainerd
Church, Easton, Pa., June 15, 1888 to Mar. 12, 1891 ; James-
town, N. Y., July 14, 1891 to Mar. 6, 1894, and the North
Church, Allegheny, Pa., Apr. 17, 1894 to Apr. 29, 1906. In
this last year he became president of the Pennsylvania Col-
lege for Women at Pittsburgh and continued such until his
death, Jan. 18, 1914, at Woodlawn, Pittsburgh, of pneumonia,
in the 54th year of his age. He was buried in the Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. He received the honorary degree
of D.D. from Lafayette College in 1895. He was a commis-
sioner to the General Assembly at Saratoga in 1890, and at
Washington in 1893. He was moderator of the Presbytery
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of Lehigh in 1890. He was a member of the Presbyterian
Board of Freedmen, and a director of the Western Theological
Seminary, being vice-president of the latter at the time of
his death. While pastor of the North church, Pittsburgh,
he was elected president of Western Theological Seminary,
but declined.
He was married Sept. 2, 1884, in Lambertville, N. J., to
Isabella Wynkoop Williams, who, with one son and two
daughters, survives him.
JOHN ADAMS MU1E,
Son of John Alexander and Sarah Ann (Zeigler) Muir, was
born Mar. 10, 1856, in Black Rock, Md. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Stewarts-
town, Pa., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Stewartstown Academy for one year and
then in the York Pennsylvania Collegiate Institute, and he
graduated from Lafayette College in 1881. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1884. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Westminster, Apr. 10, 1883,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Lackawanna, Nov. 3, 1884,
being at the same time installed pastor of the Newton church,
Bald Mount, Pa., from which he was released Dec. 1, 1886.
He supplied the Abington church at Waverly, Pa., from 1884
to 1886, and the church at Pen Argyl, Pa., from December
1886 to November 1888. He was pastor of the church at
Bangor, Pa., from December 1886 until Sept. 18, 1912. He
died Apr. 22, 19 13, in Bangor, of paralysis, in the 58th year
of his age. He was buried at Waverly, Pa. During most
of his ministry at Bangor he was a private tutor in Greek
and Latin preparing young men and women for college.
He was married Aug. 13, 1885, in Waverly, Pa., to Hattie
A. Bliss, who, with one son and two daughters, survives him.
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WILLIAM KENT PRESTON,
Son of John Tansel and Sarah Ann (Kent) Preston, was born
Oct. 27, 1852, in Nashville, 111. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Richview, 111., at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Washington County Seminary at Richview; also in
McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., and he graduated from
Wabash College in 1880. He spent the following year in
teaching. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1881, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1884. He
was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of New Castle,
Apr. 17, 1884. He supplied the church at May's Landing,
N. J., from May to September 1883; was pastor of the church
at Port Penn, Del., from June 5, 1884 to Apr. 30, 1885 ; pastor
of the Neshaminy of Warwick Church, Hartsville, Pa., from
June 4, 1885 to July 14, 1903; pastor of the Lycoming Centre
and Linden churches, Hepburnville, Pa., from Nov. 8, 1903
to July 29, 1908, and pastor of the Elysburg and Rush
churches, Pa., from Sept. 1, 1908 until his death, Nov. 3,
1913, in the German Hospital, Philadelphia, after an operation
for appendicitis, in the 62nd year of his age. He was buried
in the cemetery of Neshaminy of Warwick Church, near
Hartsville, Pa.
He was married Oct. 14, 1884, in New York City, to Mary
Grier Ferguson, who, with one son and one daughter, survives
him.
BENJAMIN PALMER BEID,
Son of the Rev. Robert Harden and Mary Julia (Anderson)
Reid, was born Aug. 7, i860, in Reidville, S. C. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Nazareth Presbyterian
church of Spartanburg County, S. C, at the age of fourteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the Reidville High
School, and he graduated from Davidson College, N. C, in
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1879. He spent the next four years in teaching : first as
assistant teacher in the Lynch Select School for Boys at High
Point, N. C, from August 1879 to January 1881, and then as
principal of the Reidville Male High School until June 1883.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of 1883 and
remained one year. He spent the year 1884 to 1885 in the
Columbia Theological Seminary, S. C. He was licensed Apr.
10, 1885 by the Presbytery of Enoree. From June 1885 to
November 1886 he supplied the Antioch, Mt. Tabor and
Woodruff churches of South Carolina. He be.^in supplying
the Bethesda church, Guthriesville, S. C, in November 1886,
and was ordained and installed its pastor May 7, 1887. He
was released from this charge June 25, 1893. He was stated
supply of the Kershaw, Heath Springs and Beaver Creek
churches, S. C, from July 1893 to July 1895 ; was stated
supply of the Clemson College Church and pastor of the
Pendleton church, S. C, from Sept. 9, 1895 to Apr. 11, 1900.
During the next year he engaged in evangelistic work under
the care of the Synod of South Carolina. He was then
stated supply of the church at Mt. Calvary, S. C, from Oc-
tober 1901 until installed its pastor Aug. 25, 1903, and was
released from this charge Oct. 21, 1908. During this pastorate
he supplied the Woodruff and Mountain Shoals churches,
S. C, 1901-07; the Old Fields church, S. C, from 1901 until
installed its pastor Aug. 11, 1906, being released Oct. 16, 1907,
and the Mt. Vernon, Enoree and Campobello churches, S. C,
from October 1907 to October 1908. He supplied the Old
Antioch church, S. C, from 1904 until his death, the Fulton
church from 1907 until his death, and was pastor of the
Antioch and Nazareth churches, S. C, from 1909 until his
death. He died Dec. 4, 1913, in Reidville, S. C, of paralysis,
in the 54th year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery
of the Nazareth church, S. C. He was stated clerk of the Pres-
bytery of Bethel from 1892 to 1905 and of the Presbytery of
South Carolina from 1900 to 1901. He was a trustee of
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Davidson College for the Bethel, South Carolina, and Enoree
Presbyteries, serving three years for each Presbytery, and
for a time was secretary of the Board of Directors. He was
a director of the Columbia Theological Seminary from 1899
until his death. He was also the historian of the Presbytery
of Enoree. His principal writings were reports on minis-
terial education embodied in the minutes of the Synod of
South Carolina, being chairman of the Synod's Permanent
Committee on this subject.
He was married Dec. 12, 1906, in Reidville, to Leila Teasly,
who, with two sons and one daughter, survives him.
GEORGE LESLIE JOHNSTON,
Son of James and Margaret (Ronald) Johnston, was born
Mar. 15, 1863, in London, Ontario, Canada. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church of London, Ontario. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Collegiate Institute of London, and he grad-
uated from the University of Toronto in 1891. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1894.
He then spent a year at the University of Halle, Germany.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Toronto, Can., May
15, 1894, and ordained by the Presbytery of Kingston,
Nov. 28, 1895, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Marmora, Canada, from which he was released
Mar. 28, 1898. He was then pastor of the St. Andrew's
Church, North Bay, Canada, from Mar. 28, 1898 to July 25,
1910. At this time ill health compelled him to give up work
for a year and a half. Resuming work he supplied the
churches of Homing's Mills and Primrose, Ont., for more than
a year, and was pastor of the churches of Pickering and
Brougham, Ont., from April 1913 until his death, which oc-
curred Feb. 18, 1914, at Brougham, because of a rupture of
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a blood vessel causing a clot on the brain, in the 50th year of
his age. He was buried at London, Ontario, Canada.
He was married Oct. 25, 1899, in Thorold, Ontario, Can-
ada, to Jessie Amelia Munro, who, with one son and two
daughters, survives him.
JAMES ROSS MACDONALD,
Son of Donald and Christina (Cameron) Macdonald, was
born Dec. II, 1852, in Hopewell, Pictou County, N. S., Can-
ada. He made a public confession of his faith in the Union
Presbyterian Church of Hopewell, at the age of eighteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the Normal School
of Truro, and privately while engaged in teaching. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in 1892, taking the full three
years' course there, and graduating in 1895. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Apr. 23, 1895, and
ordained by the Presbytery of St. John, N. B., Canada, Oct.
14, 1895, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Fairville, N. B., from which he was released Nov. 30, 1896.
He was pastor of the church of Barney's River, N. B., from
May 1897 to May 1898; of the church at Caledonia, N. B.,
from May 20, 1898 to May 20, 1905, and of the church at
Sheet Harbour, N. S., from June 20, 1905 to June 191 1. At
this time ill health compelled him to give up the work of the
ministry. He resided in Elmsdale, Canada, from 191 1 until
his death, which occurred Apr. 23, 1912, in Elmsdale, of
motor ataxia, in the 60th year of his age. He was buried in
the cemetery at Elmsdale.
He was married Feb. 28, 1883, in River John, N. S., Canada,
to Addie C. Langill, who, with an adopted daughter, survives
him.
ALBERT CHILDS SALLS,
Son of Henry S. and Hannah C. (Hendrickson) Childs, was
born Apr. 8, 1869, in Burke, N. Y. He was adopted by E.
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Reed and Martha J. (Douglas) Sails, and was given the last
name of his adopted parents. He made a public confession of
his faith at Burke, at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Academy at Chateaugay, N. Y.,
and he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
remained two years. He took the last year of his theological
course in the Auburn Seminary, from which he graduated in
1896. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Champlain, Apr.
15, 1896, and ordained by the same Oct. 27, 1896. During
the next three years ill health prevented his engaging in any
regular work. He supplied the Presbyterian church of Guil-
ford Center, N. Y., from June 1898 until installed its pastor,
June 12, 1902, and continued serving this church until his
death. He served also the church at East Guilford, N. Y.,
from 1904 until his death, which occurred Sept. 21, 19 13, in
Guilford, N. Y., in the 45th year of his age. He was buried
at Burke, N. Y. He was unmarried.
ROBEET JAME2 DICK,
Son of William and Anna (Gillespie) Dick, was born June 28,
1866, in New York City. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Dutch Reformed Church, at the age of seventeen.
Before coming to Princeton Seminary he attended lectures
for two years at Princeton University. Entering the Semi-
nary in 1897, he took the full three years' course there, grad-
uating in 1900. He was licensed Apr. 16, 1900 by the Presby-
tery of New Brunswick, and ordained by the same Presbytery
May 21, 1900. From July 1900 to May 1901 he engaged in
home missionary work in Claremore, Okla. He was pastor
elect of the church of South Amboy, N. J., from September
1901 until installed its pastor Apr. 24, 1902, and was released
from this charge Feb. 1, 1903. This was his only pastoral
charge. After this he resided in Elizabeth, N. J., being in-
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terested in the work of the Y. M. C. A. of Elizabeth. He
devoted himself especially to a summer camp for boys in New
Hampshire in which he was associated with a brother. He
spent much of his time in the winters preparing literature to
advertise the camp and in soliciting patronage for it. He died
Apr. 16, 1913, in Elizabeth, of valvular heart disease, in the
47th year of his age. He was buried at Yonkers, N. Y. He
was unmarried.
SAMUEL THOMPSON GKAHAM,
Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Thompson) Graham, was born
Dec. 5, 1886, in Scarva, County Down, Ire. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Scarva, at the age of sixteen. He came to this country when
quite young and engaged in business for some years. He
studied in the Preparatory Department of Wabash College
for two years and then took his freshman year in Wabash
College. Later he entered Pacific College, Cal., graduating
therefrom in 1899. He took the first year of his Seminary
course in the San Francisco Seminary, 1897-98. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in 1899 as a senior, he completed his
course, graduating in 1900. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of Benicia, Apr. 6, 1898, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of New Brunswick, July 13, 1900, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Dutch Neck, N. J., and
was released from this charge Apr. 23, 1906. During this
pastorate he entered the senior class of Princeton University
in 1904, graduating in 1905. He was pastor of the Elizabeth
Avenue Church, Newark, N. J., from June 8, 1906 to Sept.
1, 1910, and of the Tennent Memorial Church, Philadelphia,*
Pa., from Sept. 27, 1910, until his death, June 11, 1913, in
Philadelphia, of tubercular peritonitis, in the 47th year of
his age. He was buried in the Princeton Cemetery, Bridge-
ton, N. J.
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He was married Nov. 18, 1902, at Princeton Junction, N. J.,
to Reba Thorne Millman, who survives him.
HAE2.Y APGAK NYE,
Son of the Rev. Irvin Walker and Susan (Apgar) Nye, was
born Oct. 4, 1876, in Scranton, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Scran-
ton, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the School of Lackawanna, Scranton, under W. H.
Buell, and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1897. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1900.
Having been awarded the New Testament Fellowship and
Archibald Robertson Scholarship he spent the next year in
study in the University of Edinburgh and the University of
Oxford. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Lackawanna,
Sept. 20, 1899, and ordained by the same Presbytery, May 5,
1904, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Peckville, Pa., where he labored until his death. During a
part of this time he supplied the Slavonic Association church
of Jessup, Pa. He died Jan. 2, 19 14, in the Hahnemann Hos-
pital, Scranton, Pa., of cancer, in the 38th year of his age.
He was buried in Dunmore, Pa. He received the degree of
B.D. from Princeton Seminary in 1900. He was at one time
moderator of the Presbytery of Lackawanna, and was secre-
tary of the Presbytery's Committee on the work among
Peoples of Foreign Speech. He was a member of the National
Geographical Society. He declined an offer to teach Greek
in the University Edinburgh, as well as a similar offer from
Coe College, la. He was unmarried.
CHARLES MOODY RULAND,
Son of Calvin Moody and Anna Elizabeth (Harper) Ruland,
was born Feb. 14, 1882, in Rockton, 111. He made a public
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confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Cairo,
N. Y., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Grammar Schools of Rockton, 111. and Cairo,
N. Y., until he was seventeen years old. He taught for one
year at Purling, N. Y., before entering college. He spent two
years and a half in the University of Vermont, but did not
graduate. Before coming to the Seminary he worked in a
paper mill at Burlington, Vt., and afterwards enlisted in the
regular army service and became corporal clerk of the Eigh-
teenth Company, Coast Artillery. He left the army and
preached in a Methodist church during the summer of 1908.
In the fall of this year he entered Drew Theological Seminary,
remaining one year. Coming to Princeton in 1909 he took
the other two years of his theological course in Princeton
Seminary, but was prevented from graduation by ill health.
He was licensed as a local preacher in the spring of 1908 by
the Berlin Methodist Quarterly Conference and his license
was renewed the following year by the Madison Methodist
Quarterly Conference. He was ordained by the Presbytery
of St. Cloud, Nov. 14, 191 1. During the next year he sup-
plied the Greenleaf and Spring Grove churches, Minn., and
began serving the Crosby and Deerwood churches, Minn., as
pastor elect in November 1912, being installed pastor of these
churches June 27, 1913. This brief ministry was interrupted
by his death, July 8, 1913, at Crosby, Minn., of apoplexy, in
the 32nd year of his age. He was buried at Deerwood, Minn.
He was married May 28, 1913, in Crosby, Minn., to Myrtle
Matthews, who survives him.
WILLIAM WEITIKG BORDEN,
Son of William and Mary De Garmo ( Whiting) Borden, was
born Nov. 1, 1887, in Chicago, 111. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Moody Church, Chicago, 111., at
the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
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in the University School, and the Manual Training School of
Chicago, and in the High School at Pottstown, Pa. Before
entering college he spent a year in foreign travel, making a
tour of the world. He graduated from Yale University in
1909. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, graduat-
ing in 1912. He was ordained Sept. 21, 1912, in the Moody
Church of Chicago, having devoted himself to the work of
Foreign Missions. Choosing for his life work missionary
labor among the Mohammedans in China, he offered himself
to the China Inland Mission, and sailed in December 1912 for
Egypt in order to study Arabic and Mohammedanism there
under Dr. Zwemer. He died Apr. 9, 1913, in Cairo, of spinal
meningitis, in the 26th year of his age. He was buried in
the American Mission Cemetery in Cairo. While at Yale he
devoted himself largely to religious work, and during the
last half of his course he supported the Yale Hope Mission in
New Haven, and gave a large building for its use. For three
months after his ordination in September 1912 he gave his
services as a travelling secretary of the Student Volunteer
Movement, and visited many of the eastern colleges. He was
a member of the Mission Council, of the China Inland Mission
for one year, and was a leader of the Student Volunteer Band
for Foreign Missions while in college. He was also presi-
dent of the Connecticut Valley Missionary Conference Union
for two years; a delegate to the World's Missionary Confer-
ence in Edinburgh in 19 10, representing the China Inland
Mission. He was a director of the Moody Bible Institute,
and of the National Bible Institute of New York, and also a
member of the American Committee of the Nile Mission
Press, of Cairo. He was unmarried.
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INDEX
PAGE
Adams, Robert Long 287
Appleby, James Frederick Ross 294
B anta, Daniel Brewer 306
Beairsto, John Keir 293
Beattie, Thomas Cum ming 309
Bishop, George Sayles 289
Bittinger, Benjamin Franklin 274
Borden, William Whiting 320
Bostick, Joseph Maner 285
Brown, William Young 279
Childs, Thomas Spencer 276
Craig, Robert Houston 300
Cross, Joseph 273
Dennis, James Shepard 295
Dick, Robert James 317
Dodd, Stephen Grover 278
Dripps, Joseph Frederic 296
Durant, William 3°3
Freeland, Daniel Niles 275
Harlow, Henry Addison 284
Johnston, George Leslie 3*5
Jones, William Evan 280
Geddes, Williamson Nevin 286
GlLLINGHAM, HENRY ClAY 3*0
Graham, Samuel Thompson 318
Knox, William John 283
Lane, Ashbel Green 3°7
Lindsay, Henry Drennan 3 11
Long, Jay Henry 308
Macdonald, James Ross 3*6
Macneill, Leander George 3°4
McKay, Kenneth 302
McNiece, Robert Gibson 3°6
Marvin, Edward Payson 288
Merriam, George Franklin 291
Morse, Andrew Bigelow • • • • ■ • 281
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PACE
Muir, John Adams 312
Murray, John Lovell 297
N ye, Harry Apgar 319
Preston, William Kent 313
Reid, Benjamin Palmer 313
Ruland, Charles Moody 319
Salls, Albert Childs 316
Schenck, Isaac Van Wart 299
Stratton, Morris H 2-2
Stuart, John Linton 298
Thomas, William George 292
Westcott, James Stott 305
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 4th, 191 5
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
326 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 J 5
NOTICE
The new office of Editor of the Necrological Reports having been
created and the undersigned having been elected to that office, he
earnestly solicits the aid of all the Alumni of the Seminary in the prep-
aration of these iReports. When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices,
funeral or memorial sermons, and any other information will be grate-
fully received. Let these be sent, as soon as possible after the death
of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1915-1916
Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D., '78, President
Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., '73, Vice-President
Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '80, Treasurer
Rev. William P. Finney, D.D., '86 f Additional Members
Rev. George Johnson, Ph.D., '96 -J of the
Rev. Edwin H. Kellogg, '06 Executive Committee
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ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 4, 191 5.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall at
12.30 p. m., with the President, the Rev. George C. Yeisley,
D.D., '74, in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev. J.
Dyke Shaw, D.D., of Edinburgh, the Secretary of the Pan-
Presbyterian Alliance. At the close of the dinner the Associa-
tion was called to order for a short business session.
The Executive Committee presented its report which was
adopted and is as follows :
Officers for the ensuing year :
President — The Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D., of the class of '78.
Vice-President — The Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D.,
LL.D., of the class of '73.
Secretary— The Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, of the class
of '04.
Treasurer — The Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., of
the class of '80.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev. Wil-
liam P. Finney, D.D., of the class of '86 ; Rev. George Johnson,
Ph.D., of the class of '96, and the Rev. Edwin H. Kellogg, of
the class of '06.
328 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I915
The Treasurer presented his report which is as follows :
William Brenton Greene, Jr., Treas., in account with the Alumni
Association of Princeton Theological Seminary.
RECEIPTS
Balance as per last Report $442
Interest for one year at 5$ 22
Total Receipts $4.64
EXPENSES
To Princeton University Press for one card class numeral 50
On hand May 4, 1915 $4-14
William Brenton Greene, Jr.,
Treasurer.
The Report was approved.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following, who were introduced by
the President: The Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D.,
President-elect of the Seminary; the Rev. Francis L. Patton,
D.D., LL.D., '65, President-emeritus of the Seminary; the Rev.
E. T. Jeffers, D.D., LL.D., for the class of '65 ; the Rev. W. T.
L. Kieffer, D.D., for the class of '75 ; the Rev. G. F. Greene,
D.D., for the class of '85 ; the Rev. John H. Thompson, for the
class of '90 ; the Rev. E. Van Dyke Wight, D.D., for the class of
'95 ; the Rev. George Brewer, for the class of 05, and the Rev.
Maitland Alexander, D.D., '92, Moderator of the General As-
sembly and President of the Board of Directors.
The benediction was pronounced by Dr. Patton, and the
Association adjourned.
HAROLD McA. ROBINSON,
Secretary.
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abstract of the
Necrological Report
FOR 1915
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1915, contains notices of
one member of the Board of Trustees, also an alumnus, the Rev. Lewis
Ward Mudge, D.D., and of forty other former students of the Semin-
ary. Three of these should have been included in former Reports, but
the fact of their death did not reach the Editor in time.
Of the forty-one former students the oldest was the Rev. Washington
Frothingham '55, who reached the age of ninety-two years and seven
months. Seven others passed their 80th year, sixteen their 70th and
five their sixtieth. The youngest died at the age of twenty-four years.
The average age of the forty-one was sixty-seven years, one month
and twenty-nine days. The average age at which they made a public
confession of their faith was eighteen years.
330 NECR0L0GICAL REPORT
TRUSTEE
Lewis Ward Mudge, D.D., '65
ALUMNI
CLASS
1848. Robert Levi Breck
1850. James Robert Graham, D.D.
1851. Robert Mitchell Overstreet
1854. Henry Barton Chapin, D.D.
1855. Washington Frothingham
1858. Albert Barnes King, D.D.
1859. William Howell Taylor
1861. Nathan Bach man, D.D.
John Knox McLean, D.D.
1862. Luther Halsey Wilson
1863. Edmund McKinney, M.D.
1864. Selden Jennings Coffin, Ph.D.
1865. Samuel Conn, D.D.
George Harkness, D.D.
William Moore, D.D.
Lewis Ward Mudge, D.D.
George Norcross, D.D.
Joseph Jewett Parks
1866. Wiiliam Service Steen
1867. James Carswell
Francis Heyle
1869. John Cunningham Clyde, D.D.
1870. Caleb Hunn Rodney
1873. Andrew Glendenning
1875. William James Bridges
Willi m Kelly Tully
1876. Daniel Caswell MacIntyre Ph.D.
1880. Sylvanus Rockefeller Queen
1884. John Christian Willert
1887. William Morrison
1890. William Allen, Jr.
1891. William Caldwell, Ph.D.
Charles Hermann Reinsberg, M.D.
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CLASS
1896. Albert Clark Jamison
1899. John Burns Eakins, Ph.D., D.D.
1905. Berend Bruins
1906. Hugh Charles McBride, D.D.
1908. Reading Karns Beatty
191 5. Cullen Parish Doyle
GRADUATE STUDENTS
1895-1896. Luther Link
1911-1912. Daniel Francois Barnard
died
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TRUSTEE
LEWIS WARD MUDGE, D.D.,
Son of Charles Caldwell and Ann Mary (Hoe) Mudge, was
born Jan. 29, 1839, in New York City. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Central Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn, N. Y., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and in the
Bloomfield Institute, N. J., and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1862, being the valedictorian of his class. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1865, and
remaining for a fourth year of study. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Nassau, (O.S.) May 3, 1864. He was tutor of
Greek in Princeton University 1866-67, taking courses during
the same time in the Seminary and also engaged in considerable
private instruction. He was ordained by the Second Presby-
tery of New York, Aug. 1, 1867, being at the same time install-
ed pastor of the Westminster Church of Yonkers, N. Y. He
was released from this charge May 6, 1877, that he might ac-
cept a call to the Second Church of Princeton, N. J., over which
he was installed May 11, 1877. He continued in this pastorate
until May II, 1895, serving the church as supply until Oct. 20,
of the same year. For several years after this he engaged in
literary work. In December of 1901 he became stated supply
of the Central Church, Downingtown, Pa., and was installed
its pastor April 28, 1902. This relation was severed by his
death, which occurred Oct. 10, 19 14, in the Presbyterian Hos-
pital of Philadelphia, after an operation on the prostate gland,
in the 76th year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery at
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Princeton, N. J. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from the University of Montana in 1886. He was a trustee
of Princeton Seminary from 191 1 until his death. On three
occasions he represented his Presbytery as counsel at the Gen-
eral Assembly. He was secretary of the Evangelical Commit-
tee of the Presbytery of Chester for several years, and a trustee
of the same Presbytery from 1909 until his death. Dr. Mudge
published a history of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Yonkers, N. Y., in 1876. He was an ardent student of hymn-
ology and was a co-editor of the Carmina Sanctorum, 1885;
editor of Hymns and Songs of Praise for Social Worship,
1886; of the People's Praise Book, 1888; of Songs of Praise,
1889; and co-editof of Many Voices, 1891 ; also editor of
Carmina for the Sunday School, 1893. He also published a
Manual for Seamen, 1887. He contributed largely to the re-
ligious press and was an editorial writer of the Princeton
Press from 1889 to 1908. He was a contributor to the New
York Commercial Advertiser from 1897 to 1902, and a regular
writer for the Illustrated Christian Weekly from 1877 to 1882.
For a long period of years, ending in 1902, he contributed a
weekly Princeton letter to the New York Evening Post.
He was married Aug. 15, 1867, in Bloomfield, N. J., to
Elizabeth Seymour, who survived him several months, dying
June 4, 191 5. Five sons and one daughter survive him.
334 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9 J 5
ALUMNI
ROBERT LEVI BRECE, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Judge Daniel and Jane Briggs (Todd) Breck, was born
May 8, 1827, in Richmond, Ky. He made a public confession
of his faith in Richmond at about the age of twelve. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in Richmond, Ky., and he gradu-
ated from Centre College, Ky., in 1845. During the winter of
1844 he had attended the East Tennessee University in Knox-
ville, Tenn. He took the first year of his theological course in
the Western Theological Seminary, 1845-46, and entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the latter year, remaining
one year. He was ordained June 28, 1849, by the Presbytery
of West Lexington, (afterwards Ebenezer) being at the same
time installed pastor of the church in Versailles, -Ky., from
which he was released June 17, 1850. After this he lived for a
year in Frankfort, Ky., and the year following in Macon, Ga.
He was pastor of the church in Macon, 1853-58, and of the
church in New Albany, Ind., 1858-6.0. He then spent a year in
Richmond, Ky. He was stated supply of the church in Mays-
ville, Ky., 1861-64; of the church in Richmond, Ky., 1865-66;
and of the churches in Richmond and Silver Creek, Ky., 1868-
74. He was chancellor of the Central University of Richmond,
Ky., from 1876 to 1880. From 1881 to 1883 he served the
First Church of Berkeley, Cal., as pastor-elect. After this the
state of his health prevented his engaging in active work. He
was honorably retired and resided in San Luis Obispo, Cal.,
from 1884 to 191 1 and in Palo Alto, Cal., from 191 1 until his
death, which occurred Feb. 15, 191 5, in Palo Alto, of bladder
trouble after a few days of acute illness, in the 88th year of his
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age. He was buried in Richmond, Ky. He received the hon-
orary degree of D.D. in 1874 from both Westminster College,
Mo., and Davidson College, N. C. Dr. Breck was moderator
of the Synod of Kentucky in 1865 and presided at the opening
session of the Synod in 1866 at Henderson, Ky., at which time
the Synod of Kentucky was divided.
He was married July 20, 1847, at Woodlawn, near Richmond,
Ky., to Martha Green Rodes, who died Oct. 18, 1866. One
son and four daughters survive him.
JAMES ROBERT GRAHAM, D.D.,
Son of William and Hannah (Houston) Graham, was born
July 16, 1824, in Montgomery, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Goodwill Presbyterian Church of
Montgomery, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Montgomery Academy under Professor
Jacob C. Tooker, and he graduated from Union College in
1844. After his graduation he spent a year on a farm in the re-
covery of his health, and then engaged in teaching in the Mont-
gomery Academy for three months in 1845, and in the St.
Matthew's Parish, Orangeburg, S. C, from November, 1845, to
July, 1847. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1847,
taking the full three years' course there and graduating in 1850.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Hudson, April 18, 1850,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Winchester, Oct. 9, 1851.
He supplied the Falling Water, Tuscarora and Gerrardstown
churches, Va., for a year after his graduation from the Semin-
ary. His only pastorate was that of the Kent Street Church,
Winchester, Va., from Oct. 9, 185 1, to March 20, 1900, the
long period of forty-nine years. During this pastorate he was
principal of the Winchester School, Va., from 1863 to 1866.
On being released from the Winchester Church he was made
pastor-emeritus and continued his residence in Winchester
336 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ 1915
until his death, which occurred April 8, 1914, in Winchester,
of the infirmities of age, in his 90th year. He was buried in
the Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. in 1876 from Hampden-Sydney Col-
lege. Dr. Graham was moderator of the Synod of Virginia
in 1873; was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Winchester from
1853-1903, and was moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States, in Nashville, in 1894.
He was many times a commissioner to the General Assembly
of the Southern Church, and was a member of the Pan-Presby-
terian Council at its meeting in New York in 1909. He pub-
lished The Planting of the Presbyterian Church in Northern
Virginia, 1904, and was the author of several addresses and
sermons, and was a frequent contributor to the religious press.
He was married Oct. 3, 1853, in Winchester, Va., to Fanny
Bland Tucker Magill, who died May 13, 1901. Five sons and
one daughter survive him.
ROBERT MITCHELL OVERSTREET,
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Overstreet, was born
Dec. 22, 1826, in Oldham County, Ky. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Bloom 7
ington, Ind., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the public schools of Johnson County, Ind., in
the Preparatory Department of Franklin College, and under
his brother, G. M. Overstreet. He graduated from Indiana
University in 1848. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 185 1. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Indianapolis, June 11, 185 1, and ordained an evangelist by
the same Presbytery, Sept. 17, 185 1. He served the following
churches as stated supply: Georgetown and Shiloh, Ind., from
August 1851, to May 1852; Paris, 111., from May 1852 to April
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1853; Newcastle and Hagerstown, Ind., from April 1853 to
September 1854; Georgetown and Pleasant Hill, Texas, from
November 1854 to January 1866; Prospect, Ind., from April
1867 to January 1868; Sandwich, 111., from February 1868 to
February 1869, and Emporia, Kans., from April 1869 to Sep-
tember 1871. He was Presbyterial missionary for the Pres-
bytery of Emporia from April 1871 to April 1877. He served
as pastor-elect the church at Larned, Kans., from April 1877
to April 1881, and the church at Larned, Kans., and the church
at Lyons, Kans., as stated supply from April 1881 to April
1882. From 1884 to 1888 he acted as agent for Emporia
College, Kansas. He was stated supply of the church at Beaver,
Okla., from 1887 to 1894. After this he resided in Emporia,
Kans., which he had considered his residence since 1869. From
1910 until two weeks before his death he resided in Anadarko,
Okla. He died Feb. 27, 191 5, in the hospital of El Reno,
Okla., of a disease of the bladder, in the 89th year of his age.
He was buried in the Maplewood Cemetery of Emporia, Kans.
He was a member of the Board of Regents of the State Nor-
mal School of Kansas in 1871, and was a member of the
Kansas Legislature at the same time. He published a few ser-
mons and numerous articles for the press. He organized or
assisted in organizing twelve Presbyterian churches in Kansas.
He was largely instrumental in the founding of Emporia
College.
He was married Aug. 23, 1852, in Bloomington, Ind., to Mar-
tha Maxwell Baugh, who died June 25, 1905. Two sons and
four daughters survive him.
HENRY BARTON CHAPIN, Ph.D M D.D.,
Son of Moses and Lucy Terry (Barton) Chapin, was born
Sept. 14, 1827, in Rochester, N. Y. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Rochester
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at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Rochester Collegiate Institute, of which the Rev. Chester
Dewey, D.D. was principal, and he graduated from Yale Uni-
versity in 1847. He engaged in teaching in Gloucester County,
Va., for one year and then in New York City from 1848 to
1 85 1. He spent the following year in Union Theological Sem-
inary of New York City. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1852 and remained a year and a half. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New York Oct. 10, 1853, and ordained
an evangelist by the same Presbytery Oct. 29, 1854. He engaged
in work as a city missionary in New York in connection with
the University Place Church from 1854 to 1856. He was
pastor of the Second Church of Steubenville, O., 1856-58, and
of the Third Church of Trenton, N. J., 1858-65. During the
year 1866 he engaged in teaching in Princeton, N. J. He was
stated supply of the Fourth Church, New York City, from
May 1868 to May 1869; of the Eighty-fourth Street Church,
New York City, from 1869 to 1871, and of the Canal Street
Presbyterian Church of New York City, from 1876 to 1878.
His principal work was in the profession of teaching. In 1867
he became owner and principal of the Collegiate School of
New York City and continued in this relation until 1903, when
he was made principal-emeritus. This school was known later
as the Chapin Collegiate School. He continued his residence
in New York City until near the time of his death, which oc-
curred on July 7, 1914, in White Plains, N. Y., of chronic
cystitis, in the 87th year of his age. He was buried at Kensico,
N. Y. He received the honorary degree of Ph.D. in 1868 from
Princeton University, and the honorary degree of D.D. in 1891
from the same institution. He was secretary of the United
States Evangelical Alliance in 1870, and again in 1873, and was
recording secretary of the same from 1871 until his death. He
was chaplain of the Society of the Cincinnati for Rhode Island
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and the Providence Plantations from 1887 to 1908. He was
chaplain of the Presbyterian Home for Aged Women in New
York City from March 1900 until March 1914, and was general
chaplain of the National Society of Cincinnati from 1905 until
his death. He acted as financial agent of Princeton Seminary
from January to September of 1867. He was delegate from
the United States Evangelical Alliance to the World's Evan-
gelical Alliance meeting in London 1896. He was a member
of the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution and of
the Yale, Princeton and Wolf's Head clubs in New York City.
He was also a member of the Presbyterian Union of New York
City and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
He was married Feb. 22, 1854, in New York City to Harriet
Ann Smith, who died March 15, 1914. Five sons survive him.
WASHINGTON FROTHINGHAM,
Son of John and Jane Ann (Dodge) Frothingham, was born
Feb. 28, 1822, in Fonda, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Duane Street Presbyterian Church of New
York City, of which James W. Alexander was pastor, at the
age of twenty-seven. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Johnstown, N. Y., Academy, in which he obtained a
good classical education. His resources did not permit him to
go to college. In 1839 he went to New York City, where he
supported himself as a clerk and afterwards as a merchant and
his business career was very successful. He entered the Sem-
inary at Princeton in 1853, remaining two years. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, Oct. 14, 1854, and or-
dained by the same Presbytery, June 27, 1857. He supplied the
church at Guilderland, N. Y., from June 1855 until installed
its pastor at the time of his ordination, and was released from
this charge Feb. 12, 1862. He was stated supply of the church
at Bethlehem, N. Y., from 1858 to 1859. After being released
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from the Guilderland church, he engaged in missionary work
in Albany, N. Y., for a short time, and then served the Tribes
Hill church, with his residence at Fonda, N. Y., from 1871 to
1904. At this time advancing years compelled him to give up
the active work of the ministry. He continued his residence in
Fonda until his death, which occurred Oct. 20, 1914, in Fonda,
of paralysis, in the 93rd year of his age. His remains were
taken to Troy, N. Y., for cremation. He was an active writer
and publisher. He engaged in newspaper work for forty-four
years, writing under the nom de plume of "Rjosicrusian,"
"Macaulay," "Demon of Broadway" and "Hermit of New
York." Among his publications were : Atheos, or the Tragedies
of Unbelief, 1862; Martel Papers, or Life Scenes During the
Reign of Terror, 1865; Once More, a tale of New York; The
Centennial Cruise, and a History of Montgomery County.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 16, 1863, in Fonda, N. Y.,
to Mary Middlemas, who died July 1899; (2) July 1900 in
Fonda, N. Y., to Ella E. Levett, who survives him.
ALBERT BARNES KING,
Son of Frederick and Abigail La Rue (Perrine) King, was
born Jan. 29, 1828, in Morristown, N. J. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Rahway, N. J., at the age of twenty two. His preparatory
studies were pursued under the Rev. F. L. King, and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1855. He took the first year
of his seminary course in Union Theological Seminary, New
York, 1855-56, and then spent a year in further study of the-
ology with the Rev. Frederick L. King. He entered the Semin-
ary at Princeton in 1857, graduating in 1858. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown April 7, 1858, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Monmouth, Oct. 22, 1861, being at the
same time installed pastor of the church at Oceanic, N. J.,
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from which he was released July i, 1862. He served the Re-
formed Dutch church of Gilboa, N. Y., as stated supply from
December 1862 to May 1863. He was principal of the Lu-
zerne Presbyterian Institute, Pa., from 1863 to 1869, and pastor
of the Presbyterian church of Wyoming, Pa., from Oct. 25,
1863, to Nov. 26, 1872. After this he supplied the church at
Charlotte, N. Y., from April 1872 to April 1875. He then
resided in Elizabeth, N. J., without charge from 1878 to 1881.
He supplied the church of Clarksville, N. Y., from 1882 to
1883. From 1884 to 1886 he resided in New York City, and
from 1887 to 1888 engaged in work in connection with the
International Medical Missionary Society of New York City.
From 1889 to 1890 he traveled in Europe, returning to New
York City in 1891 and residing there until 1909. After this
he resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., until his death, which occurred
Dec. 18, 1914, in Brooklyn, N. Y., of arterial schlerosis, in the
87th year of his age. He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery
of Morristown, N. J. He published several pamphlets.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 13, 1861, in New York
City, to Elizabeth Ross Maver, who died April 2, 1907; (2)
April 28, 1909, in Brooklyn, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. (Sypher)
Jones, who, with two sons and three daughters of her hus-
band by his first marriage survives him.
WILLIAM HOWELL TAYLOR,
Son of James Manning and Rosamond (Howell) Taylor, was
born Feb. 11, 1834, in New York City. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New
York at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the New York University Grammar School, and he
graduated from Yale University in 1855. He spent the year
following in travelling abroad. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1856, he took the full three years' course there,
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graduating in 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New York, (O.S.) April 28, 1859, and ordained by the same
Presbytery Feb. 22, i860, being at the same time installed pastor
of the First Church of Clifton, S. I., N. Y., from which he was
released in April 1864. For a time in 1865 he was chaplain
in the United States Army. He was pastor of the First Church
of Titusville, Pa., from October 1865 to July 1869; pastor of
the Green Point Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1869 to 1876,
when ill health compelled him to give up pastoral work for a
time. He served the church of Aiken, S. C, as pastor-elect
fiom 1877 to l &79> and the church at St. Augustine, Fla., in
the same capacity from 1879 t0 l &&3- He was pastor-elect of
the church at Summerville, S. C, from 1883 to 1886. After
this he resided in New York City and spent much time in
travel during the years 1 886-1 891. From 1891 to 1894 he was
pastor of the church at Walterboro, S. C. He then resided
in Savannah, Ga., until 1896, and afterward in Summerville,
S. C, until his death, which occurred May 11, 1914, in Grace
Hospital, Richmond, Ya., of heart disease, in the 81st year of
his age. He was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
New York.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 8, 1858, in Troy, N. Y., to
Jennie E. Arms, who died March 26, 1862; (2) June 4, 1868,
in New York City to Sarah Elizabeth Monroe, who died Nov.
28, 1904. Two daughters survive him.
NATHAN BACEMAN, D.D.,
Son of Jonathan and Frances (Rhea) Bachman, was born Dec.
13, 1832, near Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tenn. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Kingsport, Tenn., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Rotherwood, Tenn., under Professor
John Lampson, and he graduated from Emory and Henry Col-
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lege, Va., in 1858. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, but remained less than one term,
being obliged to leave on account of his health. He spent the
year 1 860-61 in Union Theological Seminary, New York, and
part of the following year in Union Theological Seminary, Va,
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Holston, April 14, 1862,
and ordained by the same Presbytery, April 11, 1863. He was
stated supply of the church at Kingsport, Tenn., 1862-66, stated
supply of the Second Church, Knoxville, Tenn., 1866-76, evan-
gelist in Knoxville, 1877-78, evangelist in Jonesboro, Tenn.,
1879-87; evangelist in Knoxville, 1888-92 and evangelist in
Sweetwater, Tenn., from 1893 until his death, which occurred
Dec. 3, 1914, of Bright's disease, in the 82nd year of his age.
He was buried in Sweetwater, Tenn. He received the hon-
orary degree of D.D. from the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni-
versity in 1889. He published a volume of revival sermons.
He was married June 2, 1862, in Jonesboro, Tenn., to Sarah
Jane Cunningham, who died June 16, 1863. One daughter
survives him.
JOHN KNOX McLEAN, D.D.,
Son of Thomas King and Mary (Perine) McLean, was born
March 31, 1834, in Jackson, N. Y. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Schenec-
tady, N. Y., at the age of twenty-four. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Washington Academy of Salem, N. Y.,
and in Carlisle, N. Y., and he graduated from Union College
in 1858. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany, May 1,
i860, and ordained by a Congregational Council at Fair Haven,
Conn., June 5, 1861, being at the same time installed pastor
of the Congregational Church of Fair Haven. He was released
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from this charge 1862. After this he served the following
Congregational churches as pastor : Framingham, Mass., from
Feb. 19, 1863, to Sept. 1, 1867; Springfield, 111., from Oct. 1,
1867, to March 1, 1872, and the First Congregational Church of
Oakland, Cal., from April 24, 1872, to Sept. 1, 1895. During
this last pastorate he was a lecturer on Church Polity in the
Pacific Theological Seminary, 1876-80. In 1894 he became
president of the Pacific Theological Seminary and lecturer on
pastoral methods, continuing in this office until 191 1, when he
was made president-emeritus. He continued his residence in
Berkeley, Cal., from this time until his death, which occurred
Feb. 16, 1914, in Berkeley, of hemorrhage of the brain, in the
80th year of his age. He was buried in the Mountain View
Cemetery of Oakland, Cal. He received the honorary degree
of D.D. from Knox College, Illinois, in 1876. He was a dele-
gate to the International Council of Congregational Churches
in London in 1891 ; the first vice-president of the same Council
in Boston, 1899, and was assistant moderator of the National
Council of Congregational Churches in Des Moines, la., 1894.
He was president of the Associated Charities of Berkeley, Cal.,
1885-95 > director of the California Institute for the Deaf
and Blind, 1887-97; trustee of Pomona College, Cal., 1887-
97, and a trustee of the Pacific Seminary, 1874-1911. He was
also ex-officio president of the Board of Trustees of the Pacific
Seminary while its president. He was a member and vice-
president of the State Board of Charities and Corrections of
California. From January to March 1865 he served on the
United States Christian Commission.
He was married June 26, 1861, in Salem, X. Y., to Sarah
Matilda Hawley, who, with one daughter, survives him.
LUTHER HALSEY WILSON,
Son of the Rev. James and Mary Griffin (Edwards) Wilson,
was born July 17, 1837, in Sabathu, North India. He made
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a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church
of Knoxville, Tenn., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Steubenville, O., in Northfield, O., in
Bluffton, Ind., and in South Hanover, Ind. He was a student
in Hanover College until the end of his junior year, and then
attended East Tennessee University as a senior, but did not
remain until graduation. He engaged in teaching in Knox
County, Tenn., from 1855 to 1856, was a tutor in Knoxville,
Tenn., during the winter of 1856 and spring of 1857, and in
Greene County, East Tenn., from 1857 to 1859. He entered
the Seminary at Princeton in 1859, remaining two years. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Knoxville, April 19, 1862,
and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Flint River,
Sept. 29, 1866. He was stated supply of the church at Whitney,
Ga., from 1866 to 1871 ; of the church at Newton, Ga., from
1867 to 1868. He engaged in teaching while pastor at Whit-
ney, Ga. ; supplied the church at Bluffton, Ga., during a part of
1871 ; supplied the churches of Friendship and West Point,
Ga., from January 1872 to December 1874. He supplied the
churches of Clarksville and Nacooche, Ga., in 1875 ; was pastor
of the church at Yorkville, S. C, from 1876 to 1879; supplied
the churches of Whitney, Camilla, Newton and Fort Gaines,
Ga., from 1880 to 1881 ; supplied the church at Marshall, Texas,
from 1882 to 1883; was president of the Presbyterian Female
College at Tyler, Texas, from 1883 to 1885 ; was stated supply
of the churches at Clarendon and Holly Grove, Ark., from
1885 to 1887; labored as an evangelist for the St. John's Pres-
bytery from 1888 to 1890; was stated supply of the churches of
Clear Water, Lake Weir, Dunedin and Bloomingdale, Fla.,
from 1890 to 1894; resided as an evangelist at Davidson Col-
lege, N. C, from 1894 to 1895, and at Chipley, Fla., from 1896
to 1899. He then labored as principal of a school and as pastor
in Geneva, Ala., from 1899 to 1901, and in the same double
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capacity in Dickey, Ga., from 1902 to 1910. After this he
resided in Phoenix, Ariz., and later in Dickey, Ga., where he
died, April 9, 1914, of acute indigestion, in the 77th year of
his age. He was buried in Dickey. He was chaplain of the
Sixty Third Tennessee Regiment of the Confederate States
Army, from September 1863 to April 1865, when he was cap-
tured and taken as a prisoner to Johnson's Island. Upon his
release from prison he taught school at La Grange, Ga. He
was principal of the Geneva Collegiate Institute, from 1899 to
1901, and of the public school of Dickey, Ga., while pastor of
the church there. He published a Little Child's Catechism,
1882; Baptism and the Holy Ghost, 1886; The Divine and
Human, 1886; The Pattern of the House, 1893; Scripture
Questions, and the Lost Dream, or Explanation of the Prophe-
cies of Daniel. All of these were small volumes.
He was married Oct. 13, 1868, in Whitney, Ga., to Mrs.
Frances Eudora (Davis) Harvin, who with one son and two
daughters, survives him.
EDMUND McEINNEY, M.D.,
Son of Edmund and Teresa Flemming (Dennis) McKinney,
was born Aug. 26, 1839, in Warren, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hillsboro,
O., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the high school of Hillsboro, and in the White Water
Presbyterial Academy, Dunlapsville, Ind. He spent the sopho-
more year of his collegiate course in Miami University, and
the junior and senior years in Centre College, Ky., from which
he graduated in i860. He engaged in work as a colporteur for
the Tract Society during a few months after his graduation,
and entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year. He took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1863. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Cincinnati April
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2, 1862. He was never ordained. He supplied the churches at
Boggstown and Acton, Ind., from 1863 to 1864, and engaged in
teaching at the same time. He then began the study of medi-
cine and graduated from the Medical Department of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1866. He spent the rest of his life
as a physician and druggist with his residence in Keyport,
N. J., and died Dec. 10, 1914, in Keyport, of heart trouble, in
the 75th year of his age. He was buried in Keyport. During
his earlier life he spent several years in the work of teaching;
in the White Water Presbyterian Academy, 1858 ; in a country
school near Oxford, O., 1859; in a select school at Boggstown,
Ind., 1863-64, and in the school of Dr. S. M. Hamill at Law-
renceville, N. J., in 1865.
He was married Dec. 17, 1867, in Lawrenceville, N. J., to
Anna Maria Van Cleve, who, with two sons and one daughter,
survives him.
SELDEN JENNINGS COFFIN, Ph.D.,
Son of Professor James Henry and Aurelia Medici (Jennings)
Coffin, was born Aug. 3, 1838, in Ogdensburg, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Brainerd Presbyterian
Church of Easton, Pa., at the age of seventeen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Easton privately under his father,
and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1858, delivering
the English Salutatory, and received the appointment to the
Phi Beta Kappa Society. After his graduation he spent one
year in scientific study and two years in teaching in Blooms-
bury, N. J., and in the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towan-
da, Pa. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1861, taking
the full three years' course there and graduating in 1864. He
was licensed April 20, 1864, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia
North, and ordained Jan. 6, 1874, by the Presbytery of Lehigh.
He was a tutor in Lafayette College from 1864 to 1866, and
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adjunct-professor of mathematics in the same from 1866 to
1872, and professor of mathematics and astronomy in the same
college from 1873 to 1886. In the latter year he resigned his
professorship to assume the duties of registrar at Lafayette
College, which office he held until 1904. After this time he
continued his residence in Easton until his death, which oc-
curred March 15, 191 5, in Easton, of general debility, in the
77th year of his age. He was buried in Easton, Pa. He re-
ceived the degree of Ph.D. in 1876 from Hanover College, Ind.
He was a member of the Trinity Historical Society; of the
Northampton County Historical Society ; of the Moravian
Historical Society, and of the Pennsylvania Historical Society.
He was first president of the Lehigh Valley Mathematical
Society, and secretary of the Lafayette Alumni Association,
from 1859 to 1904, and fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. He served in the United States
Christian Commission in December 1862; from May to August
1863, and from May to July 1864. He published the Record of
the Men of Lafayette, 1879; Lafayette, Its History and Men,
1891, and the History of the Class of 1864 in Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. He also revised Olmstead's Astronomy.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 22, 1875, in Belvidere, N. J.,
to Mary Albertson Angle, who died April 9, 1889; (2) Dec. 22,
1 89 1, in Easton, Pa., to Emma Frances Angle, who survives
him.
SAMUEL CONN, D.D.,
Son of Alexander and Harriet (Campbell) Conn, was born
March 4, 1838, in Steubenville, O. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Steuben-
ville at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the high school of Steubenville and he graduated from
Washington College, Pa., in 1857. During the next three years
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he engaged in teaching in the high school at Lawrenceville,
N. J., and then for a year was in charge of the Latin depart-
ment of Washington College, Pa. He entered the Seminary
at Princeton in 1861, remaining a year. After which he be-
came chaplain of the 21st New Jersey Volunteers, U. S. A.,
serving for nine months. Returning to Princeton in 1863 he
completed his course there, graduating in 1865. He was
licensed Oct. 8, 1862, by the Presbytery of New Brunswick,
and ordained July 21, 1867, by the Presbytery of Sangamon,
(O.S.). In October 1866 he began serving the church at De-
catur, 111 as pastor-elect, and was installed over this church
July 21, 1867. He was released from this charge Sept. 16, 1868.
He was stated supply of the church at Carrollton, O., from
December 1868 to June 1870; pastor of the First Church of
New Albany, Ind., from Oct. 30, 1870, to Feb. 26, 1878; stated
supply of the First Church of St. Paul, Minn., from March
1878 until installed its pastor, May 10, 1882, and was released
from this charge in April 1883 ; pastor of the church in Beverly,
N. J., from Jan. 21, 1885, to May 9, 1890; chaplain of the
Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia from 1892 to 1894; pas-
tor of the church in Los Gatos, Cal., from 1894 to 1896; stated
supply of the First Church of Monterey, Cal., from 1898 to
1901 ; stated supply of the church at Gilroy, Cal., from 1901
to 1904, and stated supply of the Radnor church at Wayne, Pa.,
from 1905 to 1907. After resigning this last charge he contin-
ued his residence in Wayne until his death, which occurred
May 27, 1914, in Wayne, of pneumonia, in the 77th year of his
age. He was buried in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila-
delphia. He received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1875
from Hanover College, Ind. He published several sermons as
well as a Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of
New Albany, Ind., 1876, and a History of the Class of 1857,
Washington College, Pa., 1882, and numerous articles in
newspapers.
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He was married Dec. 28, 1865, in Peoria, 111., to Leonora
Beall, who died March 31, 1914.
GEORGE HAROESS, D.D.,
Son of James and Letty Harkness, was born June II, 1837, in
North Kortright, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the United Presbyterian Church of North Kortright, at
the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Fergusonville Academy, N. Y., under Professor James
Oliver, and he graduated from Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y., in 1862. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1865. He was licensed by the United Presby-
terian Presbytery of Delaware, May 10, 1864, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Albany, Oct. 26, 1865, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Princetown, N. Y. He was
released from this charge June 14, 1869. He was pastor of
the church at Kingsboro, N. Y., from July 13, 1869, to Oct.
10, 1877; served the church at Medina, N. Y., as pastor-elect,
from Oct. 21, 1877, to Nov. 9, 1879; was stated supply of the
church at Potsdam, N. Y., from November 1879 unt ^ installed
its pastor, June 7, 1880, and was released from this charge
May 31, 1889; was pastor of the church at Rockford, 111., from
Oct. 27, 1889, to May 29, 1893; pastor of the church at Paris,
111., 1893-99; pastor-elect of the church at Hillsboro, 111., 1899-
03; stated supply of the church at El Dorado, Kan., 1903-06,
and stated supply of the church at Sterling, Kan., from 1906
to 191 1. After this he resided in Wichita, Kan., until his death,
which occurred Mar. 10, 191 5, in Wichita, of apoplexy, in the
78th year of his age. He was buried in Newton, Kan. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1912 from Union Col-
lege. In 1892 he was appointed a member of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
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He was married May 30, 1866, in North Kortright, N. Y.,
to Isabella Douglass, who, with one son, survives him.
WILLIAM MOORE, D.D.,
Son of John and Jane (Ritchie) Moore, was born near Larne,
Ireland, Feb. 25, 1838. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of St. Mary's, Ont., Canada,
at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the school of St. Marys, Canada, and also privately under
the direction of his pastor, the Rev. David Beattie. He took
the literary courses in Knox College, Toronto, and also in the
University College, Toronto, during three years without study-
ing for a degree. He spent the year 1862-63 in the Theological
Department of Knox College, entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the last year and completing his course there,
graduating in 1865. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, Feb. 8, 1865, an d ordained by the Presbytery of
Ottawa, Canada, March 28, 1866, being at the same time install-
ed pastor of the Bank Street Church, Ottawa. He was released
from this charge Dec. 31, 1902, and made pastor-emeritus.
From 1903 until 1912 he was secretary of the Canada Society
for Prevention of Consumption with his residence in Ottawa.
After this he was city missionary by the appointment of the
Presbytery of the City of Ottawa during the years 1912-14.
He died Jan. 17, 191 5, in Ottawa, from the infirmities of age,
in his 77th year. He was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ot-
tawa. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Hanover
College, Ind., in 1879. He was several times moderator of the
Presbytery of Ottawa and moderator of the Synod of Mon-
treal and Ottawa in 1881, and of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of Canada in 1897. He served on nearly
every one of the General Assembly standing committees and was
the convener of the General Assembly's Foreign Mission Com-
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mittee. He was principal of the Ottawa Ladies College from
1876 to 1878, of which college he was one of the founders.
Several of his sermons were published in church papers.
He was twice married: (1) July 4, 1866, in St. Marys, Ont.,
Canada, to Ann Junor, who died Nov. 1, 1879; ( 2 ) Nov. 9,
1899, in Ottawa, to Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Carswell) McFarlane,
who, with one son and one daughter by his first wife, survives
him.
GEORGE NORCEOSS, D.D.,
Son of Hiram and Elizabeth (McClelland) Norcross, was born
April 8, 1838, in Erie County, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Mon-
mouth, 111., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the high school of Monmouth under W. B. Jenks,
in McDonough College, Macomb, 111., and in the Prepara-
tory Department of Monmouth College. He graduated from
Monmouth College in 1861. After his graduation he en-
tered the McCormick Theological Seminary, remaining there
one year. During the year following he was a student
in the United Presbyterian Seminary in Monmouth, 111.,
being also at the same time a professor in Monmouth Col-
lege. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1864, remain-
ing one year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Warren,
April 18, 1863. This Presbytery was later merged into the
Presbytery of Schuyler. He was stated supply of the church
at North Henderson, 111., from May 1863 to June 1865. He
was ordained by the Presbytery of Warren, June 16, 1865,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at North
Henderson, 111., and was released from this charge May 2.2,
1866. He was pastor of the church at Galesburg, 111., from
Sept. 9, 1866, to Dec. 24, 1868, and pastor of the Second Church
of Carlisle, Pa., from May 27, 1869, to April 13, 1909, the
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long period of forty years. On being released from this pas-
torate he was made pastor-emeritus and continued his residence
in Carlisle until his death, which occurred March 8, 191 5, in
Carlisle, Pa., after an illness of la grippe, in the 77th year of
his age. He was buried in the Ashland Cemetery of Carlisle.
He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Princeton Uni-
versity, 1879. He was moderator of the Synod of Pennsylva-
nia, 1899; was a trustee of the Presbytery of Carlisle; was an
associate member of the First Pan-Presbyterian Council in
Edinburgh, 1877; was a member of the Seventh Pan-Presby-
terian Council in Washington, D. C, 1899, and was a com-
missioner to the General Assembly four times. He was a mem-
ber of the American Historical Association; of the Scotch-
Irish Society of America ; of the National Georgraphic Society,
and of the American Church Historical Society. He was editor
and in part author of The Centennial Memorial of the Presby-
tery of Carlisle, 1889. He published The Story of a Thirtieth
Anniversary, being an account of his thirty-year pastorate of
the Second Church of Carlisle, as well as several sermons and
articles.
He was twice married: (1) Oct. 1, 1863, in Monmouth, 111.,
to Mary Sophia Tracy, who died March 25, 1866; (2) April
22, 1867, in Galesburg, 111., to Mrs. Louise (Jackson) Gale,
who, with four daughters survives him.
JOSEPH JEWETT PARKS,
Son of Joseph Wilson and Jannetta Hamill (Hoffman) Parks,
was born Feb. 13, 1835, in Dauphin, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Germantown, Pa., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Germantown Academy under Pro-
fessor James H. Withington, and in the Lafayette Classical
Academy of Easton, Pa., under W. H. Woods. He graduated
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from Lafayette College in 1862. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1865. He was licensed by
the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, April 20, 1864; but
was never ordained. He was a professor in the Irving Female
College, Mechanicsburg, Pa., from November 1865 to July
1867. During this time he supplied the Monaghan Church
of Dillsburg, Pa., from May 1866 to June 1867. He was prin-
cipal of the Blairsville Ladies Seminary, Pa., from 1867 to 1878.
After this he was chief clerk to the chief engineer of the Texas,
Pacific Railway with his residence at Marshall, Texas, until
1901. He resided in Brownsville, Pa., from this time until his
death, which occurred Feb. 1, 191 5, in South Brownsville, Pa.,
of enlargement of the heart, in the 80th year of his age. He
was buried in the Redstone Cemetery, Brownsville, Pa. He
served on the Christian and Sanitary Commission during the
Civil War.
He was married Aug. 20, 1868, in Brownsville, Pa., to Anna
Maria Woodward, who, with two daughters, survives him.
WILLIAM SERVICE STEEN,
Son of Robert and Margaret Rea (Service) Steen, was born
Aug. 7, 1841, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Fourth Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Philadelphia at the Classical Academy of the
Rev. John W. Faires, D.D., and he graduated from the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1861. He spent the next year in
study under a private tutor in Philadelphia, and the year fol-
lowing as assistant classical instructor in the Academy of Prof.
F. W. Hastings, Philadelphia. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1863, taking the full three years' course there
and graduating in 1866. He returned for a fourth year as a
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resident graduate, but remained only a few months. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia Central, Oct. i,
1866, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lackawanna, June 7,
1881. He engaged in missionary work in Bradford County,
Pa., from 1866 to 1869, and then took up his residence in
Philadelphia, where he remained until 1879. He was stated
supply of the church at Wysox, Pa., from April 1879 to April
1882. From this time until 1884 his residence was in Washing-
ton County, Pa., and then in Cranbury, N. J., until 1891. He
engaged in teaching in Wayne, Pa., from 1891 to 1896, and
was superintendent of the Presbyterian Hospital in Philadel-
phia from 1896 to 1912, He continued his residence in Phila-
delphia until his death, which occurred Aug. 12, 19 14, in the
Presbyterian Hospital of that city, in the 74th year of his age.
He was buried in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
He was twice moderator of the Presbytery of Monmouth. For
a short time in 1864 he was in the service of the United States
Christian Commission, and served in the Pennsylvania Volun-
teers during the Civil War.
He was married June 19, 1879, at Ewing's Mills, Washing-
ton Co., Pa., to Ellen Ewing Hallock, who, with one son and
three daughters, survives him.
JAMES CARSWELL,
Son of David and Janet (Mitchell) Carswell, was born June 7,
1839, in Horton, Ont., Canada. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Knox Presbyterian Church of Perth, Canada,
at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the high school of Perth, under Joseph Warren and
R. T. Livingstone. He then engaged in teaching in Parkenham,
Canada, for one year, and in Arnprior, Canada, for three years.
He graduated from Knox College, Canada, in 1864. During
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the next two years he was a student in the theological depart-
ment of Knox College. He entered the Seminary at Princeton
as a senior in 1866, graduating in 1867. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 18, 1867, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Ottawa, Oct. 17, 1867. He was pastor of
the churches at Ashton, Beckwith and Carleton Place, Canada,
from Oct. 27, 1867, to Aug. 5, 1874; stated supply at Beckwith,
Canada, from November 1874 to November 1875; pastor at
Aylmer, Canada, from Nov. 11, 1875, to June 25, 1879; pastor
of the West Adelaide and Arkona churches, Canada, from Oct.
19, 1880, to Oct. 29, 1883; pastor of the Bond Head and
Cookstown churches, Canada, from Nov. 6, 1883, to Mar. 31,
1895 ; stated supply of the church at Burk's Falls, Canada, from
March 1895, to September 1898; supplied churches in Manitoba
from 1898 to 1899; was pastor of the churches at Poplar Point
and Meadow Lea from April 11, 1899, to March 31, 1904, and
stated supply of the church at Little Britain, Canada, from
April 11, 1904, to Sept. 30, 1907. At this time he was honor-
ably retired from the active work of the ministry and resided
for a time at Winnipeg, Canada, and afterward at Collings-
wood East, B. C. He died Sept. 25, 1914, in Vancouver, B. C,
Canada, of bronchitis, in the 76th year of his age. In Decem-
ber 1912 he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis from which he
partially recovered. In March 1913 he had a second stroke
and was helplessly ill after that time. He was buried in the
Kildonan Cemetery, Winnipeg, Canada.
He was married Oct. 7, 1869, in St. Mary's, Ont., to Chris-
tena Junor, who died Sept. 29, 1910. Three daughters survive
him.
FEANCIS HEYL, JR.,
Son of Francis and Catharine (Reed) Heyl, was born Dec. 26,
1845, m Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession of his
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faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Phil-
adelphia, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Germantown Academy, under James H. With-
ington, and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1864. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1867. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia,
Jan. 8, 1867, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery,
July 10, 1867. Having devoted himself to the work of foreign
missions, he sailed for India in October 1867, arriving in March
1868, and engaged in missionary work in Mynpoorie, India,
from 1868 to 1870, and in Allahabad from 1870 to 1881. In
the latter year he returned to this country and resided in Phila-
delphia, Pa., from 1881 to 1884. He became pastor-elect of
the church at Bensalem, Pa., in 1884, and was installed its pas-
tor May 15, 1885, and released from this charge June 9, 1891.
He served at the same time the church of Eddington as pastor-
elect from 1886 until installed its pastor, Jan. 18, 1887, and
was released June 9, 1891. During the next year he resided
in Philadelphia. From January 1893 to January 1896 he sup-
plied the First Church of Lower Merion, Pa. After this the
state of his health prevented his continuance in the active work
of the ministry. He resided in Germantown, Philadelphia,
from 1896 until his death, which occurred Sept. 5, 1914, in the
Germantown Hospital, of general debility, in the 69th year of
his age. He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadel-
phia. He was the honorary superintendent of the Blind and
Leper Asylums of Allahabad, India, from 1871 to 1881, and
was president of the Germantown Horticultural Society, from
1907 to 1908. He was principal of the Boys' School, Myn-
poorie, India, in 1869, and of the Jumna Mission High School,
of Allahabad, from 1870 to 1881. He was unmarried.
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JOHN CUNNINGHAM CLYDE, D.D.,
Son of Joseph and Anne (Jamieson) Clyde, was born Oct. 22,
1841, in White Deer Valley, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Brainerd Presbyterian Church of Easton,
Pa., at the age of twenty-three. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the McEwensville Academy, Pa., under the Rev. Dr.
S. S. Sheddan and L. Rynearson, and in the Geneva Hall,
Northwood, Ohio, under the Rev. Mr. Shields and the Rev.
C. Trumbull. He entered Lafayette College as a freshman in
i860, but left after the first term to engage in teaching in
Ohio. He enlisted in the U. S. Army as a private in the "2d
Regiment of Illinois in August 1862 for three years but was
detached for other duty, and in the summer of 1863 was dis-
charged on account of ill-health. He then returned to Lafay-
ette College, from which he graduated in 1866, delivering the
Latin Salutatory. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, taking the full three years' course
and graduating in 1869. He was licensed April 22, 1868, by the
Second Presbytery of Philadelphia (O.S.) and ordained as an
evangelist Oct. 13, 1869, by the Presbytery of Chariton (N. S.).
During his seminary course he supplied the church at Tioga,
Pa., for four months in the summer of 1868. He engaged in
home missionary work in Centreville, la., from July 1869 to
July 1870. He was stated supply of the church at Shenandoah,
Pa., from Sept. 18, 1870, to June 16, 1872; pastor of the
churches of East Whiteland and Charleston, Pa., from Oct. 2,
1872, to June 24, 1879, and pastor of the First Church of
Bloomsbury, N. J., from Oct. 14, 1879, to June 25, 1901. At
this time he retired from the active work of the ministry and
resided in Easton, Pa., until his death, which occurred Jan. 28,
191 5, in Easton, suddenly of heart failure, in the 74th year
of his age. He was buried in Easton, Pa. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. in 1885 from Maryville College, Tenn.
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Dr. Clyde was a voluminous writer. Among his publications
were the following: History of Allen Township Presbyterian
Church, Pa., 1876; Genealogies, Necrologies and Reminiscences
of the Irish Settlement, Pa., 1879; Rosbrugh, a tale of the
Revolution, or Life, Labors and Death of Rev. John Rosbrugh,
1880; Life of James H. Coffin, 1881 ; History of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Bloomsbury, N. J., 1884; Guide to
Non-Liturgical Prayer, 1885 ; Mohammedanism a Pseudo-
Christianity, 1888; The Christian Temperance Scientific
Thought, 1889. He was a member of the Victoria Institute, or
Philosophical Society of Great Britain ; of the American Insti-
tute of Christian Philosophy; of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, and of the National Geographic
Society. He was treasurer of the Northampton County His-
torical and Genealogical Society and president of the same
several times. He was also president of the Northampton
County, Pa., Bible Society, and chaplain of the Lafayette Post
217, Grand Army of the Republic.
He was married Oct. 26, 1869, in Easton, Pa., to Martha
Hallock Coffin, who, with one daughter, survives him.
CALEB HUNN RODNEY,
Son of John Daniel and Mary Orr (Bell) Rodney, was born
April 26, 1842, in Lewes, Del. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Snow Hill, Md., at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Snow Hill under the Rev. William D. Maskey, and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1867. He then spent three
months in teaching in the Academy at Georgetown, Del. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1870.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April 14,
1869, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of West
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Jersey, May 9, 1871. He supplied the church of East Enfield,
N. H., from May 1, to Sept. 1, 1869, and the churches of Abse-
con, Leed's Point, and Somer's Point, N. J., from April 187 1 to
April 1872. He was pastor of the church at Marksboro, N. J.,
from May 7, 1872 to Dec. 17, 1878; of the church at Chesapeake
City, Md., from May 7, 1879, to September 1880; of the Plains
church, Pa., from October 1880 to December 1884, and of the
church at Marple, Pa., from April 30, 1885, to Jan. 31, 1905.
His last pastoral work was as stated supply of the church at
Fairville, N. Y., from February 1905 to April 1906. After this
he resided in Rochester, N. Y., until his death, which occurred
Oct. 12, 1914, in Rochester, of heart failure, in the 73rd year
of his age. He was buried in the Riverside Cemetery of
Rochester. He was at one time moderator of the Presbytery
of Newton, and also of the Presbytery of Chester. He was
commissioner to the General Assembly in Brooklyn in 1876.
He was married June 26, 1872, in Dover, Del., to Ann Sipple
YVaples, who, with one son and one daughter, survives him.
ANDREW GLENDENNING,
Son of William and Sarah (Gibbs) Glendenning, was born
Feb. 20, 1835, near Montreal, Canada. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Knox Presbyterian Church of Inger-
soll, Ont., Canada, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Ingersoll Grammar School. He
spent some time as a student in Knox College, Toronto, and
in Hanover College, Ind. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1870, taking the full three years' course there, and
graduating in 1873. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Elizabeth, April 16, 1873, and ordained an evangelist by the
Presbytery of Brockville, Canada, July 10, 1873. He engaged
in missionary work at North Augusta, Ont., Canada, from 1873
to 1875, and in Manitoba, Canada, from 1875 to 1876. He was
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pastor of the church of Glenmorris, Ont., 1877-78; pastor of
the church of Grand Bend, Canada, 1879-81 ; stated supply of
the church at Elm River, Dak., in 1883; stated supply of the
church at Salisbury, Mo., in 1884; pastor of the Glasco and
Delphos churches, Kans., in 1885 ; pastor-elect of the church
of Willow Dale, Kans., in 1886, and its pastor, 1887-88; pastor-
elect of the church at Cheever, Kans., in 1886, and its pastor,
1887-90; stated supply of the church in Manchester, Kans.,
1888-90; stated supply of the Auburn, Wakarusa and Sharon
churches, Kans., 1891-92, and then engaged in missionary work
at Downs, Kans., 1893-94. During the following year he re-
sided in Delphos, Kans. His last active work was as stated
supply of the church in Eureka, S. D., from 1897 to 1898. He
resided after this in Cameron, Mo., from 1899 to 1901, and
then in Breckenridge, Mo., until his death, which occurred
April 10, 1914, in Breckenridge, Mo., of Bright's disease, in
the 80th year of his age. He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery,
Breckenridge.
He was twice married: (1) Feb. 29, i860, in Dorchester,
Ont., Canada, to Jane Johnston, who died Jan. 14, 1863; (2)
Feb. 29, 1864, in Woodstock, Ont., Canada, to Margaret Camp-
bell Nicholson, who, with one daughter, survives him.
WILLIAM JAMES BRIDGES,
Son of William and Julia Ann (Barrett) Bridges, was born
June 22, 1835, in Baltimore, Md. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Eau Claire, Wis., at
the age of twenty-eight. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Baltimore under the Rev. John Edwards, D.D. He left
school in 185 1 and was a clerk in a mercantile house for six
years. In 1857 he went into business for himself in Wisconsin
and in 1864 returned to Baltimore, where he was again a clerk
for six years. He was a student in Washington and Jefferson
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College with the class of 1872, but did not graduate. He re-
ceived from the college the degree of A.B. in July, 1875. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1872, taking the full three
years' course and graduating in 1875. He was licensed June 16,
1874, by the Presbytery of Baltimore, and ordained April 20,
x 875, by the Presbytery of Brooklyn, being at the same time
installed pastor of the Greene Avenue Church, Brooklyn. He
was released from this charge June 1, 1890. He was pastor of
the West Church, Bridgeton, N. J., from Nov. 5, 1890 to Jan.
27, 1903 ; after this he supplied for a short time the Fourth
Church of Bridgeton, N. J. He was pastor of the church at
Conklin, N. Y., from Oct. 13, 1903, to Sept. 21, 1914. He
resided in Binghamton, N. Y., from this time until his death,
which occurred, Dec. 15, 1914, in Binghamton of valvular
heart disease, in the 80th year of his age. He was buried in
the Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
He was married Dec. 11, 1862, in Frederick, Md., to Susan
Harriet Gist Jones, who died Jan. 10, 1910. One daughter
survives him.
WILLIAM EELLY TULLY,
Son of the Rev. Dr. David and Margaret (Kelly) Tully, was
born Nov. 9, 185 1, in Princetown, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Church of Belvidere, N. J.,
at the age of twenty. He was prepared for college by his
father, and graduated from Lafayete College in 1871. He
spent the next year in reading law with the Hon. J. G. Shipman,
in Belvidere, N. J., and in teaching in the Academy of Stewarts-
ville, N. J. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1872, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1875. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Newton, June 9, 1874, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Niagara, Oct. 15, 1875, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Medina, N. Y.,
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from which he was released July 31, 1877. He served the
church at Jacksonville, Fla., as pastor-elect from November
1877 to July 1886. From April 23, 1887, to Nov. 30, 1893, he
was a chaplain in the United States Army. From 1894 to
1898 he engaged in business in Philadelphia. After this he
resided in Media, Pa., being employed by the Media Ledger
until his death, which occurred July 22, 1914, in Media, of
cirrhosis of the liver, in the 63rd year of his age. He was
buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N. Y. He published
many sermons and editorial articles. He was three times com-
missioner to the General Assembly and was a member of the
Educational Bureau of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
He was appointed from the Army to look after the educational
interests of the enlisted men in the regular service.
He was married Aug. 26, 1875, in Belvidere, N. J., to Susan
Gieser White, who died July 11, 1898. One daughter survives
him.
DANIEL CASWELL MacINTYRE, Ph.D.,
Son of Donald and Margaret (Caswell) Maclntyre, was born
May 31, 1845, m Duart, Ont., Canada. He was baptized and
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Princeton, Sept. 8, 1873, at the age of twenty-eight.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the high school of
Chatham, Ont., Canada, and he graduated from Albert College,
(now Victoria University) Canada, in 1872. He spent the
following year in teaching. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1873, remaining one year. He then spent a year in
Union Theological Seminary, New York, and the following
year, 1875-76, in the Free Church College of Edinburgh, Scot-
land. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Paris of the
Canadian Church Dec. 19, 1876, and ordained by the Pres-
bytery of Hamilton, Canada, Sept. 3, 1878, being at the same
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time installed pastor of the churches at Beamsville and Clinton,
Ont., Canada. He served these churches until 1910, when he
gave up the active work of the ministry. He died Dec. 28,
1913, in Preston, Ont., Canada, from the effects of an attack
of pneumonia in the fall of 1912, in the 69th year of his age.
He was buried in Beamsville, Canada. He received the degree
of Ph.D. in 1887 from the Wesleyan University, Illinois. He
was a member of the Senate of Knox College, Toronto, and
an examiner for several years in the same institution. He was
president of the Public Library of Beamsville, Canada, and
also of the Board of Education of the same city.
He was married Dec. 25, 1878, in Brantford, Canada, to
Eliza Maude Walker, who died Dec. 1, 1908. One son survives
him.
SYLVANUS EOCKEFELLER QUEEN,
Son of John Wall and Livera Sutphen (Apgar) Queen, was
born Feb. 4, 1848, in Clinton, N. J. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Alex-
andria at Mt. Pleasant, N. J., at the age of eighteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued privately under the Rev.
John Burrows, D.D., in Milford, N. J., and at the Excelsior
Normal Institute of Carversville, Pa., and he graduated from
Lafayette College in 1874. After his graduation he engaged in
teaching in the Newark Academy, N. J., from 1874 to 1875.
He then entered the Union Theological Seminary, New York,
remaining one year. He was principal of the public schools of
Toms River, N. J., from 1876 to 1877, when he returned to
Union Theological Seminary, taking the second year of his
theological course, when ill health obliged him to remain idle
for a year. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1879 as
a senior, graduating in 1880. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of New Brunswick, March 31, 1880, and ordained by the
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same Presbytery Oct. 6, 1880, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Titusville, N. J. He was released from
this charge May 12, 1887. He was pastor of the Second Church
of Norristown, Pa., from June 7, 1887, to Oct. 31, 1888. He
spent the following year teaching in Philadelphia. From 1889
to 1891 he was professor of Greek in the Pennsylvania Military
Academy at Chester, Pa. During this time he supplied the
church at Glen Riddle, Pa. From 1891 to 1892 he engaged in
teaching in New York City. He was pastor of the First
Church of Otisville, N. Y., from Nov. 1, 1892, to May 7,
1895, and spent the following year in travel in Europe and the
East. From 1896 to 1898 he was pastor's assistant of the
First Church of Philadelphia, and pastor of the Mizpah Church,
Philadelphia, from May 2, 1898 to July 29, 1906. After this he
resided in Media, Pa., until a short time before his death when
he was taken to Jersey City for medical treatment and died
there Sept. 3, 1914, of paralysis, in the 67th year of his age.
He was buried at Easton, Pa. He was moderator of the Pres-
bytery of New Brunswick while a pastor at Titusville, N. J.
He was a commissioner to the General Assembly at Cincinnati
in 1885. From October 1867 to April 1868 he engaged in
teaching in the Highland School District of Bucks County, Pa.,
and in the public schools of Hunterdon County, N. J., from
1868 to 1869. He was dean of the Pierce College of Business,
Philadelphia, from 1888 to 1889.
He was married Jan. 21, 1892, in Matawan, N. J., to Sara
Elizabeth Reese, who died Aug. 13, 1912.
JOHN CHRISTIAN WILLERT,
Son of Charles and Elizabeth (Gunsel) Willert, was born Jan.
12, 1856, in Gault, Ont., Canada. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Knox Presbyterian Church of Gault at the
age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
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Gault under Dr. Wm. Tassey, and he graduated from Knox
College, Toronto, in 1881. He spent the following year in the
Theological Department of Knox College. Coming to the
Seminary at Princeton in 1882, he took the remaining two
years of his theological course there, graduating in 1884. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 30,
1884, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, May
2, 1884. He supplied the churches at Summerville and La
Grange, Ore., from August 1884 to August 1889, and the
church at Centralia, Wash., from August 1889 to November
1890. He was pastor of the First Church of Puyallup, Wash.,
from Nov. 10, 1890, to May 19, 1891, and of the Calvary
Church, Tacoma, Wash., from 1891 to 1899. After this he
resided as an evangelist of the Presbytery of Olympia in
Tacoma until 1912. During this time he supplied for a short
period the church at Mineral, Wash. He resided in San Ber-
nardino, Cal., from 1912 to 1914, and in Washougal, Wash.,
from August 1914 until his death, which occurred Feb. 14, 1915.
in Washougal, of paralysis, in the 60th year of his age. He
was buried in Washougal. He was stated clerk of the
Synod of Washington for eight years from the time of its
organization.
He was twice married: (1) June 19, 1884, in Oil Springs,
Ont., Canada, to Agnes H. Sims, who died May 19, 1891 ;
(2) April 25, 1896, in Vancouver, Wash., to Lillian J. Russell,
who, with three sons and one daughter by his first wife, sur-
vives him.
WILLIAM MORRISON,
Son of Stephen and Marion (O'Connell) Morrison, was born
Oct. 5, 1863 in County Donegal, Ireland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian Church of Ireland, at
the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pursued
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under a private tutor in Edinburgh, Scotland, and he graduated
from Magee College, Londonderry, Ireland, in 1884. He took
the first year of his theological course in the Free Church Col-
lege, Glasgow, 1884-85, and the second year in the Assembly's
College, Belfast, 1885-86. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the latter year, he completed his course there,
graduating in 1887. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia Central, April 11, 1887, and ordained an evangelist
by the same Presbytery at the same time. He supplied the
Mizpah and Sellwood churches of Portland, Ore., from 1887
to 1888. He then became private secretary to George B. Mar-
kle, Esq., Hazleton, Pa., 1889-90, and during that time engaged
in supplying churches on Sundays. Pie was ordained a deacon
in the Protestant Episcopal Church, March 10, 1891, and a priest
by Bishop Leighton Coleman, March 9, 1892. He was curate
of St. Paul's Church, Washington, D. C, 1892-93, and of St.
Andrew's Church, New York City, 1893-94, and was rector of
All Saints' Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1894-1910. He was police
chaplain in New York City from 191 1 to 1912, and associate
rector of St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, from 1912 to 1913.
After this he traveled abroad until his death, which occurred
Jan. 4, 1915, in Letterkenny, Ireland, of apoplexy, in the 52nd
year of his age. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn.
He was married April 29, 1896, in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mymie
Fletcher, who, with one daughter, survives him.
WILLIAM ALLEN, JR.,
Son of William and Emily (Henwood) Allen, was born Jan.
2, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Mantua, now
West Hope, Philadelphia, at the age of fourteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Philadelphia under Professor
368 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [1915
John Maher and he graduated from the University of Penn-
sylvania in 1887. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course there
and graduated in 1890. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia Central, April 8, 1889, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Chester, May 29, 1890, being at the same
time installed pastor of the Fairview Church, Glenmore, Pa.
He was released from this charge Nov. 1, 1892. He was pastor
of the First Church of Ambler, Pa., from Dec. 8, 1892, to Oct.
2, 1894; of the First Church of Pennington, N. J, from Oct.
25, 1894 to Sept. 5, 1904; and of the First Church of Haddon-
field, N. J., from Oct. 29, 1904 until his death, which occurred
Feb. 18, 1915, in Haddonfield of heart disease, in the 52nd year
of his age. He was buried in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Philadelphia.
He was married Oct. 29, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Minnie
Roe Lampen, who, with two sons, survives him.
WILLIAM CALDWELL, Ph.D.,
Son of the Rev. Andrew Harper and Sarah Ann (Williamson)
Caldwell, was born July 29, 1865, near Sardis, Miss. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at
Senatobia, Miss., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in a public school of Senatobia, Miss.,
and he studied Latin and Greek under the Rev. W. B. Rose-
borough. He took the first two years of his college course in
the University of Mississippi and the remaining years in the
Southwestern Presbyterian University, from which he gradu-
ated in 1888. He taught school between the first two and last
two college years in Senatobia, Miss. He entered the Semin-
ary at Princeton in 1888, taking the full three years' course and
graduated in 1891. He was licensed May 12, 1891, by the
Presbytery of North Mississippi and ordained May 29, 1894,
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by the Presbytery of Baltimore. He labored as a missionary
in the Hope Institute of Baltimore from March 1891 to May
1900. He was stated supply of the church at Libertyville, 111.,
from July 1900 to December 1902. He was pastor of the First
Church of Fort Worth, Texas, from Nov. 30, 1904, until his
death, which occurred Mar. 18, 1915, in Fort Worth, of pneu-
monia, after a short illness, in the 50th year of his age. He
was buried at Fort Worth. He received the degree of Ph.D.
for graduate work in 1904 from the University of Chicago.
He was married Dec. 21, 1904, in Chicago, 111., to Jessie Beaton
Mackinnon, who, with three daughters, survives him.
CHARLES HERMANN EEINSEERG, M.D.,
Son of Moritz and Friederike (Bergmann) Reinsberg, was
born Oct. 15, 1866, in Kottbus, Province Brandenburg, Ger-
many. Early in life he became a member of the Lutheran
Church in Germany. He studied in the Hohere Burger Schule
of Kottbus, Germany, and in the Preparatory Institute of that
same city under Rector Huttig and Dr. Janke from 1872 to
1880. He graduated in 1883 from the Niederlausitz of Kottbus
and from the Niesky Moravian Seminary, Silesia, in 1885. He
taught in St. Paul's School, Salem, N. Y., from 1887 to 1888.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton in this year and remain-
ed two years. He took the third year of his theological course
in the General Theological Seminary of New York City from
which he graduated in 1891. He was ordained a deacon in the
Protestant Episcopal Church May 25, 1891, by Bishop Scar-
borough, in Trenton, N. J., and a priest Sept. 30, 1891, by
Bishop Brewer in Bozeman, Mont. He was rector of the
Grace Mission, White Sulphur Springs and St. Andrew's Cas-
tle, Mont., from July 1891 to October 1893. During the next
few months he engaged in missionary work in Billings, Mont.
He was rector of the Calvary Mission, Red Lodge, Mont., from
37° NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^S
1893 to J 895. Coming east he engaged in missionary work in
New Jersey and New York from 1895 to 1900. For a short
time during this latter year he was a missionary in Nome,
Alaska. He received the degree of M.D. in 1900 from the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, and engaged
in work as a missionary physician in New York City from
1901 until his death, which occurred Aug. 25, 1913, in New
York City, of glioma of the brain, in the 47th year of his age.
He was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was married July 2, 1902, in New York City, to Isabella
Boshonan, who died in 1914.
ALBERT CLARE JAMISON,
Son of William James and Rachel (Reynolds) Jamison, was
born Jan. 10, 1871, in Baltimore, Md. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Twelfth Presbyterian Church, Balti-
more, at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the public schools of Baltimore, and he graduated from
the Baltimore City College in 1891. During the next two years
he engaged in further study in Baltimore. Entering the Sem-
inary at Princeton in 1893, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1896. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Baltimore, Oct. 7, 1896, and ordained by the same Presby-
tery, Feb. 9, 1897, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Sparrows Point, Md., which he had served as
pastor-elect since November of the year previous. He was
released from this charge Jan. 1, 1898. He was stated supply
of the church of Beaver City, Neb., from April 1898, to April
1899; stated supply of the church at St. Edward, Neb., from
April 1899, to April 1900; stated supply of the churches at
Whaleyville and Ocean City, Md., from April 1900 to April
1905 ; was pastor of the church at Kennedy ville, Md., from Oct.
26, 1905, to June 27, 1906; pastor of the East Lake Church,
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Wilmington, Del., from July 6, 1906, to Oct. 2, 1907, and stated
supply of the church at Ravenswood, W. Va., from March 1908
until installed its pastor, April 25, 1912, and continued serving
this church until his death, which occurred April 4, 1914, in
Ravenswood, W. Va., of pneumonia, in the 44th year of his
age. He was buried in Ravenswood.
He was marries May 24, 1899, in Denver, Colo., to Charla
Fern Lum, who, with one son and two daughters, survives him.
JOHN BURNS EAKINS, Ph.D„ D.D.,
Son of William and Margaret (Burns) Eakins, was born Dec.
14, 1863, at Foxborough, Killala, County Mayo, Ireland. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Killala, Ireland, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Market Street National School of
Killala, in private study and in the Academy of Londonderry,
Ireland. He graduated from Magee College, Londonderry, in
1894. From 1895 to 1898 he labored as student-pastor in Lon-
donderry under the direction of the Presbytery of London-
derry. He graduated from the theological department of Ma-
gee College in 1897. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1898 as a senior, graduating in 1899. He was licensed March
13, 1899, by the Presbytery of New York, and ordained Oct.
3, 1899, by the Presbytery of St. Clairsville, being at the same
time installed pastor of the First Church of St. Clairsville,
O. He was released from this charge April 21, 1908. After
this he was pastor of the Central Church of Punxsutawney, Pa.,
from June 1, 1908, until his death, which occurred Mar. 24',
191 5, in Punxsutawney, of pneumonia, in the 52nd year of his
age. He was buried in Punxsutawney. He received the degree
of Ph.D. on examination in 1901 from Richmond College, O.,
and the honorary degree of D.D. in 1906 from Franklin College,
O. He published several magazine and newspaper articles as
37 2 NECROLOGICAL REPORT f I91S
well as many sermons. During his career as a student he re-
ceived many prizes and medals. He was at one time moderator
of the Presbytery of St. Clairsville, and a commissioner to the
General Assembly.
He was married Nov. 3, 1898, in Dervock, Ireland, to Anna
Cathcart Boyle, who died Mar. 15, 191 5, in Punxsutawney, Pa.
Two daughters survive him.
BSREND BRUINS,
Son of Kasper and Stiena Dirk (Swik) Bruins, was born Sept.
16, 1868, in Bellingwolde, The Netherlands. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Reformed Church of Germany at
the age of fifteen. He came to America with his parents in 1889
and attended the Classical Academy in Orange City, Iowa. He
was graduated from Hope College in 1902. Entering the Sem-
inary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1905. He was
licensed by the Classis of Iowa of the Reformed Church of
America, Sept. 12, 1905, and ordained by the Classis of Pella
Nov. 8, 1905, being at the same time installed pastor of the
Bethany Church at Tully and the Bethlehem Church at Taintor.
Iowa. He was released from this double pastorate Oct. 16,
1907. He was pastor of the Second Reformed Church of Little
Falls, N. J., from 1907 until 191 1, and of the First Church of
North Yakima, Wash., from 191 1 to 1913. At this time ill
health prevented his engaging in further pastoral work. He
resided in Oak Harbor, Wash., from 1913 until his death, which
occurred June 1, 1914, in Oak Harbor, of tuberculosis of the
lungs and throat, in the 46th year of his age. He was buried
in Oak Harbor, Wash. He was in business before preparing
for the ministry, both in Germany and in the Netherlands, and
worked on a farm in northwest Iowa for four years before
resuming his studies.
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He was married Jan. 10, 1906, in Boyden, la., to Anna Mar-
guerite Kuyper, who, with two sons and two daughters, survives
him.
HUGH CHARLES McERIDE, D.D.,
Son of High Vincent and Agnes (Ferguson) McBride, was
born Sept. 11, 1879, in Belfast, Ireland. His father died when
he was an infant and he was adopted by his uncle, William
McBride, and brought to America when sixteen months old.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Rodney Street
Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, Del., at the age of thirteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the public schools of
Wilmington, and he graduated from New Windsor College in
1903. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradu-
ating in 1906. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Castle, April 17, 1906, and ordained by the same Presby-
tery, May 17, 1906, being at the same time installed pastor
of the White Clay Creek Church of Newark, Del. He was re-
leased from this charge May 23, 1909, and installed pastor of
the Disston Memorial Church of Tacony, Philadelphia, June 1,
1909. He served this church until his death, which occurred
Feb. 4, 191 5, in the Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, after an
operation for appendicitis, in the 36th year of his age. He
was buried in the Mt. Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1912 from New Wind-
sor College. He was professor of elocution in this college
during the year 1902-03.
He was married Aug. 22, 1906, in Highland, Md., to Evelyn
Belle Scarborough, who, with two daughters, survives him.
READING EARNS BEATTY,
Son of Joseph Henry and Olive McConly (Karns) Beatty, was
born Aug. 19, 1877, near Doylestown, Pa. He made a public
374 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [1915
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Doyles-
town, Pa., at the age of twenty-three. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Doylestown High School, and he was a
student in Maryville College, Tenn. He took the first two
years of his theological course in the Western Theological Sem-
inary, from 1905 to 1907, and entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the latter year for his third year, graduating in 1908. He
was licensed April 14, 1909, by the Presbytery of Aberdeen,
and ordained, June 15, 1909, by the same Presbytery, being at
the same time installed pastor of the churches at Mellette and
Mansfield, S. D. He continued in this double pastorate until
Oct. 10, 1910. After this he was stated supply of the Harmony
and Linwood churches, Kans., from 1910 to 1912, and pastor of
the Nickleville, Richland and Rockland churches, Pa., with his
residence at Nickleville from Oct. 3, 191 2 until his death, which
occurred Dec. 5, 1914, in Germantown, Philadelphia, of lipoma
of the mediastinum, in the 38th year of his age. He was buried
in the West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. He was at
one time moderator of the Presbytery of Aberdeen.
He was married Aug. 31, 1910, in Mellette, S. D., to Minnie
Nora Braun, who survives him.
CULLEN PAREISH DOYLE,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Sherman Hodley and Eppa (Parrish),
Doyle, was born Jan. 25, 1891, in Finleyville, Pa. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Fourth Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, and in
the Phillips-Brooks Academy, Andover, Mass., and he gradu-
ated from Franklin College, Ohio, in 191 2. Entering the Sem-
inary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
junior year course and then a second year as a partial student.
During the summer of 1914 he engaged in evangelistic work in
I915] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 375
Philadelphia, and later supplied the church of Milton, N. Y.
Ill-health prevented his returning to complete his course in the
Seminary. He died Jan. 30, 191 5, in Summerville, Pa., of
tuberculosis, in the 25th year of his age. He was buried in
New Athens, Ohio. He was unmarried.
Xjd NECROLOGICAL REPORT [1915
GRADUATE STUDENTS
LUTHER LINK,
Son of Erastus Hanger and Franceska R. (Guttenberger) Link,
was born March 7, 1851, in Vineville, near Macon, Ga. He
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Macon at the age of twelve. He was prepared for
college by his father, and graduated from Mercer University,
Macon, Ga., in 1877. For the next four years he engaged in
business, and entered Union Theological Seminary, Va., in
1881, graduating therefrom in 1884. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Macon, April 20, 1884, and ordained by the Pres-
bytery of Savannah April 28, 1885. He supplied for a longer
or shorter time during the next sixteen years the following
churches: Quitman and Climax, Ga. ; Reidville, S. C. ; Rich-
mond, Ala. ; Perdue Hill and Brewton, Ala. ; Wellington, S. C. ;
and Lamar and Newport, Mo. During a part of the year 1901
he supplied the church at Washington, Ark. In 1896 he inter-
rupted his pastoral work by coming to Princeton and entering
the Seminary there in February 1896, as a graduate student. He
remained until the close of the seminary year. After 1901 he
supplied the churches at Poulan and Fort Valley, Ga., and at
Leesburg, Ga. The last one and a half years of his life he
spent in special study in Union Theological Seminary, Va., pre-
paring a commentary on Ezekiel. He died Feb. 15, 191 5, in
Macon, Ga., of an abscess of the brain, in the 64th year of his
age. He was a frequent contributor to the religious press and
other publications. He was unmarried.
DANIEL FRANCOIS BARNARD,
Son of Daniel Francois and Emelia Louisa (Hammond) Bar-
nard, was born Aug. 6, 1884, in Montague, South Africa. He
1915] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 377
made a public confession of his faith in the Robertson congre-
gation of the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, at the
age of seventeen. He graduated from Victoria College, Stellen-
bosch, South Africa, in 1905. After his graduation he spent
a year in teaching. He graduated from the Theological Semin-
ary, Stellenbosch, in 19 10, remaining there as a student a year
longer. He entered the Seminary at Princeton as a graduate
student in 191 1, remaining one year. He received the fellow-
ship in Old Testament Literature, and remained in Princeton
under it a year longer. He was licensed Aug. 19, 1913, by the
Dutch Reformed Church, in Cape Town, South Africa, and or-
dained at the same time and place and installed pastor of the
Dutch Reformed Church at Observatory, near Cape Town,
South Africa. He continued in this pastorate until his death,
which occurred, Oct. 30, 1914, in Rondebusch, South Africa,
while under an operation for gall stones, in the 31st year of
his age. He was buried in the Mowbray Cemetery of Cape
Town, South Africa.
He was married Sept. 10, 1912, in Stellenbosch, South Africa,
to Anna Hulda Krige, who survives him.
1915] index 379
INDEX
Allen, William, Jr 367
Bachman, Nathan 342
Barnard, Daniel Francois 376
Beatty, Reading Kakns 373
Breck, (Robert Levi 334
Bridges, William James 361
Bruins, Berend 372
Caldwell, William 368
Carswell, James 355
Chapin, Henry Barton 337
Clyde, John Cunningham 358
Coffin, Selden Jennings 347
Conn, Samuel 348
Doyle, Cullen Parish 374
Eakins, John Burns 371
Frothingham, Washington 339
Glendenning, Andrew 360
Graham, James Robert 335
Harkness, George 350
Heyl, Francis 356
Jamison, Albert Clark 370
King, Albert Barnes 340
Link, Luther 376
McBride, Hugh Charles 373
MacIntyre, Daniel Caswell 363
McKinney, Edmund 346
McLean, John Knox 343
Moore, William 351
Morrison, William 366
Mudge, Lewis Ward 332
Norcross, George 352
Overstreet, Robert Mitchell 336
Parks, Joseph Jewett 353
Queen, Sylvanus Rockefeller 364
Reinsberg, Charles Hermann 369
380 INDEX [ I915
Rodney, Caleb Hunn 359
Steen, William Service 354
Taylor, William Howell 341
Tully, William Kelly 362
Willert, John Christian 365
Wilson, Luther Halsey 344
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 9th, 1916
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
382 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ I916
NOTICE
The new office of Editor of the Necrological Reports having been
created and the undersigned having been elected to that office, he
earnestly solicits the aid of all the Alumni of the Seminary in the prep-
aration of these Reports. When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices,
funeral or memorial sermons, and any other information will be grate-
fully received. Let these be sent, as soon as possible after the death
of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1916-1917
Rev. William H. Roberts, D.D., LL.D., '-3, President
Rev. John McDowell, D.D., '95, Vice-President
Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '80, Treasurer
Rev. William R. Huston, '87 f Additional Members
Rev. George Fulton, '97 J. of the
Rev. Theron Lee, '07 Executive Committee
I916] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 383
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 9, 1916.
The Alumni Association met for dinner in Stuart Hall at
12.30 p. m., with the President, the Rev. Russell Cecil, D.D.,
'78, in the chair. A blessing was asked by the Rev. David
Tully, D.D., '50. After dinner the Association was called to
order for a business session.
The Executive Committee presented its report which was
adopted with its recommendations and is as follows :
The Executive Committee reports that a meeting of the
Alumni was held in connection with the meeting of the General
Assembly in Rochester in 191 5, and that a meeting is planned
at the General Assembly in Atlantic City this year.
The Executive Committee reports that a branch association
of the Alumni residing in Philadelphia and vicinity has been
organized with about one hundred members.
The Executive Committee recommends that the Alumni As-
sociation approve the general policy of organizing branch
alumni associations in suitable centers, and that during the
coming year such associations be organized in New York City,
Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
The Executive Committee recommends the election of the
following officers for the ensuing year :
President — Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., of
the class of '73.
384 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ l 9*6
Vice-President — Rev. John McDowell, D.D., of the class
of 95.
Secretary — Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, of the class of '04.
Treasurer — Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., of the
class of '80.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
William R. Huston, of the class of '87 ; Rev. George Fulton, of
the class of '97; Rev. Theron Lee, of the class of '07.
The Treasurer presented his report which is as follows :
William Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Association
of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Balance as per last Report $414
Interest for one year @ 5% 21
On hand May 9, 1916 $4.35
William Brenton Gkeene, Jr., Treasurer.
The Report was approved.
The President and the Secretary were instructed to send to
Bermuda a cablegram to the ex-President of the Seminary, the
Rev. Francis Landey Patton, D.D., LL.D., conveying the greet-
ings and good wishes of the Alumni.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following who were introduced by
the President: The Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D.,
President of the Seminary; the Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D.,
LL.D., President of the Board of Directors; the Rev. James
A. Worden, D.D., for the class of '66; the Rev. William Day-
ton Roberts, D.D., for the class of '76; the Rev. William P.
Finney, D.D., for the class of '86; the Rev. W. J. B. Edgar,
for the class of '91 ; the Rev. Robert Watson, D.D., for the
class of '96; the Rev. George W. Arms, for the class of '06;
and the Rev. William Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., president-
elect of the Association.
On motion the Association adjourned.
Harold McA. Robinson,
Secretary.
1 91 6] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 385
abstract of the
Necrological Report
FOR 1916
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1916, contains notices of
fifty-nine former students of the Seminary. Three of these should
have been included in former Reports ; but the fact of their death did
not come to the attention of the Editor in time.
Of the fifty-nine the oldest was the Rev. Edward Wall, '51, who was
ninety years and one month old when he died. Thirteen others had
passed their eightieth year, nineteen their seventieth, and six their six-
tieth. The youngest died at the age of twenty-three years. The aver-
age age of the fifty-nine was sixty-seven years. Th average age at
which they made a public confession of their faith was seventeen
years.
It is a matter of note that four of them lost their lives in connection
with the European war. Two perished with the Lusitania, one was
killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula, and one was murdered in Armenia.
386
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
[I 9 l6
CLASS
1850.
185 1.
1858.
IS59.
i860.
l86l.
l862.
1863.
1864.
l86S.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
18/O.
l87I.
1872.
1875.
18/6.
1877.
1878.
1879.
l88o.
ALUMNI
Henry Isaac Coe
Howard Wall
Lewis Carter Baker
Floyd Augustus Crane, Ph.D.
James Little
Joseph Laney Lower, D.D.
Alexander Scott
William Persing Teitsworth
Daniel Seely Gregory, D.D., LL.D.
John Fleming Cowan, D.D.
Joseph Smith Van Dyke, D.D.
James Smith McDonald, D.D.
Charles Tabele McMullin
Ezra Fitch Pabody
James Hervey Appleton
Henry Edward Butler, D.D.
William Henry Edwards
Arthur Little, D.D. 4
Eliakim Tupper Jeffers, D.D., LL.D.
Snyder Binns Simes
John Elliott Wright, D.D.
Daniel Requa Foster
Charles Otis Thatcher
Matthew Bonsall Lowrie, D.D.
Charles Henry McClellan, D.D.
Alexander Peebles Kelso
Edward Rothesay Miller
Alfred Edward Myers
John Howard O'Brien
Alfred Hamilton Fahnestock, D.D.
Karl Alexander Christian Langlotz
Sam ual Parry
Joseph William Mann
Charles Andrew Taylor
James Julius Chisolm, D.D.
Stanley Day Jewell, D.D.
Welling Evan Thomas, D.D.
James Calhoun Elliott
DIED
Jan.
19,
1916
Dec.
19,
I9i5
April
6,
191 5
April
21,
1915
June
6,
1915
May
18,
1915
Feb.
16,
1915
Sept.
16,
1915
April
H,
1915
April
5,
1915
Nov.
1,
191 5
May-
13,
1915
April
16,
1915
Sept.
21,
1915
July
IS,
1915
April
25,
1915
June
17,
1915
April
n>
1915
Nov.
18,
1915
July
18,
1915
June
10,
1915
Oct.
25,
1915
Dec.
30,
1915
May
15,
1915
March
22,
1916
Dec.
26,
1915
Aug.
7,
1915
Sept.
16,
1915
Sept.
23,
1915
Feb.
29,
1916
Nov.
25,
1915
Sept.
9,
191 5
Oct.
24,
1915
Nov.
25,
1915
Aug.
10,
1915
Jan.
14,
1916
Nov.
16,
1915
Sept.
25,
1915
1916]
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
387
CLASS
1882.
1883.
l886.
1887.
1889.
189O.
l893.
1894.
1899.
I906.
1913.
1915.
1917.
I9l8.
Theodore Monroe MacNair
Paul David Bergen, D.D.
John Francis Dustan
John Edward Harries
Albert Barnes Williamson
James Anderson Beat-tie
James William Howell
James Samuel Edwin Erskine
John Berridge McCuish, Ph.D., D.D.
David Charles Mackintosh, D.D.
Henry McKnight Moore
Samuel Carson Wasson
Samuel Thomas Linton
Samuel Dougherty Manifold
Frank Richards Zugg
Mugurdich Sarkis Vorperian
Daniel Kerr
Indu Prakas Bannerji
Anton Hodenpyl Condict
GRADUATE STUDENTS
1854-1855. David Hall, D.D.
1898-1899. William John Jamieson, Ph : D,
died
Nov.
21,
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Aug.
8,
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June
10,
1915
April
22,
1914
July
25,
1915
May
7,
1915
Nov.
h
1915
Aug.
9,
1915
June
29,
1915
Dec.
12,
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Aug.
18,
1915
Nov.
16,
191 5
Jan.
10,
1916
March
13,
I9I5
Dec.
2,
1915
July
5,
1915
July
6,
I9I5
May
7,
1915
March
3,
1916
Sept.
7,
1915
Nov.
20,
1915
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ALUMNI
HENEY ISAAC COE,
Son of Isaac and Rebecca (Cook) Coe, was born April 6, 1826,
in Indianapolis, Ind. He made a public confession of his faith
in the First Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis at the age of
fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Marion
County Seminary, Indianapolis, under Rev. James S. Kemper,
and he graduated from Brown University in 1846, being the
valedictorian of his class. He spent the following year in re-
cruiting his health and in occasional teaching. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1847, remaining two years. He re-
turned in the spring of 1850 and passed the senior examina-
tions but could not be given a certificate on account of his long
absence. He studied also with the Rev. Dr. N. L. Rice in
Cincinnati, Ohio, for six months, and for three months in the
summer of 1850 at Andover Theological Seminary. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 25, 1849,
and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Indianapolis,
March 14, 1850. He engaged in missionary work in the region
about Indianapolis from 1850 to 1852. He was pastor elect of
the South Church, Galena, 111., from November 1852 until in-
stalled its pastor, June 9, 1853. This relation dissolved in
September 1865. He was secretary of the Board of Church
Extension from 1865 to 1869. After this he engaged in business
doing occasional work as supply for churches from 1869 to 1907
with his residence at St. Louis, Mo., from 1869 to 1901, and in
Rolla, Mo., from 1901 until his death. He was honorably retired
from the ministry by the Presbytery of St. Louis in 1907. Ill
health prevented his continuance in the active work of the minis-
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try. He died Jan. 19, 1916, in Rolla, Mo., of la grippe, in the
90th year of his age. He was buried in Indianapolis. He was the
first secretary of the Board of Church Extension and published
the reports for the Board as secretary, as well as numerous
newspaper articles.
He was twice married: (1) May 6, 1851, in Providence,
R. I., to Laura E. Fletcher, who died June 6, 1855; (2) May
17, 1858, in Natchez, Miss., to Elizabeth Hannah Miller, who
died Dec. 23, 1908. Two daughters by his first wife and one
by his second survive him.
EDWARD [BARRY] WALL,
Son of Peter and Margaret (Barry) Wall, was born Nov. 4,
1825, in Pictou, N. S., Canada. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Houston and Thompson Street Presbyterian
Church, of New York City, at the age of sixteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in the Cornelius Institute of New
York City and he taught in the same institute from 1843 to
1845. He graduated from Princeton University in 1848,
being the valedictorian of his class. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in i8(*L He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New York April 16, 1851, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Rochester City Oct. 7, 1851. He engaged
in home missionary work in Conquest, N. Y., from September
185 1 to March 1852, arid was stated supply of the church at
Warsaw, N. Y., from March to June 1852. He served the
church at Kingsboro, N. Y., as stated supply from September
1852 until installed its pastor June 30, 1853. He was released
from this charge in 1862. Ill health interrupted his work at
this time. He was a chaplain in the United States Army from
June 1863 to October 1864, when he began serving the church
at Kingston, N. J., as pastor elect and was installed its pastor
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May 2, 1865, being released from this charge Aug. 13, 1867.
He served the church at New Hamburgh, N. Y., as pastor elect
from June 1869 to April 1870. He was professor of Belles-
lettres in the Stevens Institute of Hoboken from 1870 to 1906.
He had his residence in East Orange, N. J., from 1888 to 1895
and in South Orange, N. J., from 1895 until his death, which
occurred Dec. 19, 1915, in South Orange, of bronchial pneu-
monia, in the 91st year of his age. He was buried in the Rose-
dale Cemetery, Orange, N. J. He published Life at Princeton,
and Life in the Civil War.
He was married Oct. 21, 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Sara
Berry, who died Feb. 19, 1910. Two sons and one daughter
survive him.
LEWIS CARTER BAEER.
Son of Elihu and Joanna Butler (Carter) Baker, was born
Dec. 15, 1831, in Matawan, N. J. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 111.,
at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Matawan under William Parker and Washington D. Has-
brouck. He entered Princeton University in 1851 as a sopho-
more, graduating in 1854. He was tutor of Latin and Greek in
Beloit College, Wisconsin, from 1854 to 1855. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the latter year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1858. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Passaic, April 22, 1857, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Burlington, March 1, i860,
being at the same time installed pastor of the Second Church
of Camden, N. J. He was released from this charge, Nov. 1,
1882. From 1885 to 1892 he was editor of Words of Recon-
ciliation, published in Philadelphia. In April 1888 he withdrew
from the Presbyterian ministry and for some years engaged in
literary work. He was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal
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Church by Bishop Whitaker, Feb. 15, 1894, and a priest by
the same, Feb. 21, 1895. During the next year he was assist-
ant in Christ Church chapel, Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1898
he was assistant to the rector of the Church of the Atonement,
Philadelphia, and from 1901 until within a few years of his
death he was chaplain of Christ Church Hospital, Philadelphia,
having his residence in Princeton, N. J., where he died April
6, 19 1 5, of arterial schlerosis, after a long illness, in the 84th
year of his age. He was buried in the Princeton cemetery.
Among his publications are : The Mystery of Creation and of
Man, 1884; The Eschatology of the Future, 1884; Is Resurrec-
tion a Redemptive Process?, 1885; The Fire of God's Anger,
1887, and a Thesis in Biblical Eschatology, 1893. He also
wrote numerous articles for various publications.
He was married June 3, 1858, in South Amboy, N. J., to
Mary Rachel Conover, who, with three sons and one daughter
survives him.
FLOYD AUGUSTUS CRANE, Ph.D.,
Son of John Sears and Sarah (Smith) Crane, was born Sept.
28, 1835, in Goshen, N. Y. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Goshen at the age of
fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Farmers
Hall Academy of Goshen under David L. Towle, and he grad-
uated from Princeton University in 1855. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1858. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Hudson April 8, 1858, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery May 4, 1859. He engaged
in work as a home missionary in connection with the First
Church of Callicoon, N. Y., from May 5, 1858, to Feb. 25, 1861,
when bronchial trouble compelled him to give up preaching and
he resided on a farm near Goshen, N. Y., from 1861 to 1866.
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Resuming preaching he supplied the First Church of Calli-
coon again from 1866 to 1871. At this time the serious illness
of his wife interrupted his active work in the ministry and he
resided in Goshen, N. Y., occasionally supplying vacant churches
until his death, which occurred April 20, 191 5, of old age, in
his 80th year. During the last years of his life he was practi-
cally an assistant to the Rev. Wm. Snodgrass, D.D., of Goshen
He was buried in the State Hill Cemetery of Goshen. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of Ph.D. from Princeton University
in 1870. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly
which met in Brooklyn in 1876.
He was married June 15, 1858, in Goshen, N. Y., to Melissa
A. Jennings, who died Jan. 14, 1908. One daughter survives
him.
JAMES LITTLE,
Son of James and Esther (Allen) Little, was born Nov. 30,
1830, in County Down, Ireland. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Rathfriland, Ireland,
at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Rev. David McKee's Classical School in County Down
and in the Rev. Dr. Bryce's Academy, Belfast. He spent one
year, 1853-54, in Queen's College, Belfast, and then coming to
this country entered Princeton University, from which he
graduated in 1856. During the summer of this year he engaged
in Sunday School work under the American Sunday School
Union. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of 1856,
he took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1858.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York (O. S.),
April 28, 1859, and ordained by the Presbytery of Florida,
Nov. 12, i860, being at the same time installed pastor of the
church at Jacksonville, Fla. He was released from this charge,
Nov. 2, 1866. In 1867 he became stated supply of the church
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at Quincy, Fla., and was installed its pastor, Nov. 22, 1869,
being released from this charge, Feb. 17, 1876. He was pastor
of St. Paul's Church, Bowmanville, Canada, from 1876 to 1885.
After this he resided in Toronto from 1886 to 1890. Returning
to this country he was pastor of the Westminster Church,
Richmond, Va., from 1890 to 1892, when ill health compelled
him to give up the active work of the ministry. He continued
his residence in Richmond until 1896, and after this resided
in Belfast, Ireland, until his death, which occurred June 6, 1915,
near Glascar, County Down, Ireland, suddenly of heart failure,
in the 85th year of his age. He was buried in the City Ceme-
tery of Belfast. He twice declined the honorary degree of
D.D. on the ground that he was too young. He declined a pro-
fessorship in a Georgia college in 1870 and also the presidency
of the State College of Florida in 1894. He was at one time
a trustee of Davidson College, Florida; a manager of Knox
College, Canada, and was chairman of both the Home and
Foreign Missionary Committees of the Synod of Georgia when
a member of the Presbytery of Florida. He published eight lec-
tures on the Reformation in France, Germany and England,
1878; the Tercentenary of England's Great Victory over Spain
and the Armada, 1588- 1888, 1888; The Day spring and other
Sermons, Edinburgh, 1907; Glorying in the Lord, Edinburgh,
1912, as well as many sermons and addresses. He also pub-
lished a pamphlet entitled, Good Tidings for Christmas and the
New Year, 1901-1902. He was chaplain of the 9th Regiment
of the Army of the Confederacy in 1864, and was promoted to
the rank of major.
He was married in January 1882 in Montreal, Canada, to
Mrs. Florence Coralie Legge, who died in July 1900.
JOSEPH LANEY LOWER, D.D.,
Son of John and Isabella (Laney) Lower, was born July 14,
1829, in Williamsburg, Pa. He made a public confession of his
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faith in the Presbyterian church of Williamsburg, Pa., at the
age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
public schools of Williamsburg and in the Milnwood Academy,
Shade Gap, Pa., and he graduated from Jefferson College in
1856. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Huntingdon
June 14, 1859, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lake Dec.
22, 1859, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Crown Point, Ind. He was released from this charge in
1865. He was pastor of the church at Salem, Ind., from Dec.
30, 1859, to Oct. 28, 1861, and stated supply of the church at
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, from November 1865 to August 1867.
He acted as the agent of Wooster College from 1867 to 1868,
being at the same time the stated supply of the First Church of
Delaware, Ohio. He was pastor of the church at Kingston,
Ohio, from November 1868 to October 1870; of the church at
Brown, Ohio, from November 1868 to October 1872; of the
church of Union City, Ind., from November 1872 to the spring
of 1874; served the church of DeGraff, Ohio, as pastor elect
from 1874 to 1876; was stated supply of the church at Hardin,
Ohio, from 1876 to 1877; labored as a home missionary in
Thornton and Verona, Neb., from 1877 to 1878, and as a home
missionary in Harvard and Inland, Neb., from 1879 to 1883.
From 1883 to 1884 he was financial secretary of Hastings
College, Neb. After this he served the following churches as
stated supply: Hartwell and Kenesaw, Neb., in 1885; Wake-
field, Neb., in 1886; Union and Verona, Neb., 1886-87; Akron,
Colo., 1887-90; Yuma, Colo., in 1889; Valverde, Colo., 1891-
93; Elbert and Elizabeth, Colo., in 1893; Delta, Colo., 1894-97,
and Ridgway, Colo., 1897-1901. At this time ill health caused
him to intermit his ministerial work. He resided in Denver,
Colo., in 1912 and in Harvard, Neb., from 1903-1907. His
health having improved he became stated supply of the church
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at Arvada, Colo., which he served from 1907 to 1909. He re-
sided in Kutch, Colo., from 1910 to 1912, and in Oxford, Neb.,
from 1913 to 1914, when he again took up his residence in
Kutch, Colo., where he died May 18, 19 15, of old age, in his
86th year. He was buried at Harvard, Neb. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Richmond College, Ohio, in
1897. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly at
Winona, Ind., in 1897. He had considerable musical talent and
was a teacher of vocal music and a choir leader from his early
youth.
He was married Aug. 29, 1861, in West Newbury, Mass.,
to Susan Thurlow Chase, who died Feb. 8, 1912. Three sons
survive him.
ALEXANDER SCOTT,
Son of Samuel and Susan (Milligan) Scott, was born June 15,
1826, on a farm near Candor, Washington County, Pa. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Canonsburg, Pa., at the age of twenty-five. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the preparatory department
of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, from which he
graduated in 1851. He then entered Jefferson College, graduat-
ing from it in 1852. In the interim after his graduation and
before his entering the Seminary he engaged in teaching, first
in Bastrop, Texas, 1852-54, then in Mt. Holly, N. J., 1854-55,
and again in Muskingum College, 1855-56. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1856, taking the full three years'
course there and graduating in 1859. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Philadelphia Second April 14, 1858, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of San Francisco April 29,
i860. He was stated supply of the church at Areata, Cal.,
from 1859 to 1862. He spent the year following as a graduate
student in Princeton Seminary. From 1863 to 1881 he was a
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teacher of the classics in the Hastings Academy of Philadel-
phia. At this time ill health caused him to give up teaching
and he resided in Washington County, Pa., for the next three
years. Resuming work he engaged in teaching in San Luis
Obispo, Cal., from 1885 to 1886, and in Mills College, near
Oakland, Cal. in 18S5. He was principal of the Sumner
Academy, Washington, from 1887 to 1889, and taught in this
Academy a year longer. In 1895 he engaged in teaching in
Merced, Wash. He was professor of Greek in Albany Col-
lege, Oregon, from 1902 to 1905. For many years he had
struggled against ill health, which at this time compelled him to
abandon all work and he took up his residence in New Concord,
Ohio. His mind becoming impaired, he was sent to the State
Hospital of Columbus, Ohio, where he died Feb. 16, 191 5,
three days after his admission, of acute pneumonia, in the 89th
year of his age. He was buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
near New Concord, Ohio. He received the degree of A.M.
from Muskingum College in 1856. He was unmarried.
WILLIAM PERSING TEITSWORTH,
Son of Isaac and Catherine (Persing) Teitsworth, was born
July 11, 1829, in Elysburg, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Rushville, Pa., at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Academy at Elysburg, and later in that at McEwensville,
Pa., and he- graduated from Jefferson College in 1854. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
remaining one year. He then left the Seminary to engage in
teaching. He returned to the Seminary as a middler in 1857,
remaining one year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Northumberland May 11, 1858, and ordained an evangelist by
the Presbytery of Genesee Valley (N. S.) Sept. 4, i860. He
was stated supply of the churches at Rohrsburg and Orange-
ville, N. Y., from June 1858 to October 1859, and of the
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church at Stroudsburg, Pa., from 1859 to i860. After this he
engaged in work as a colporter in Wisconsin during a part of
i860. He was stated supply of the church at Allegany, N. Y.,
from January i860 to January 1863, and of the church at
Arkport, N. Y., from January 1863 to March 1864. During the
year following he was an agent for the United States Christian
Commission. During a part of 1865 he labored as a missionary
among the freedmen in St. Louis, Mo. He was stated supply
of the churches of Gillespie and Staunton, 111., from October
1865 to October 1867; of the church at Lebanon, 111., from
October 1867 to October 1869; stated supply and principal in
Clark City, Mo., from October 1869 to May 1873 ; stated supply
at Longmont, Colo., from May 1873 to May 1875 ; stated sup-
ply of the church at Fairplay, Colo., from May 1876 to June
1877; stated supply of the church at Rosita, Colo., from June
1877 to November 1879; stated supply of the church at Silver
Cliff, Colo., from 1879 to 1880; stated supply of the churches
at Sagnach and Del Norte, Colo., from 1880 to 1881 ; stated
supply of the churches at Dodge and Spearville, Kan., in 1881 ;
stated supply of the church at Sterling, Kan., in 1882 ; stated
supply of the churches at McCune, Monmouth and Osage, Kan.,
from 1882 to 1883; stated supply of the church at Laceygne,
Kan., from 1883 to 1884; stated supply of the church at Irv-
ing, Kan., from 1884 to 1885; stated supply of the church at
Hardy, Neb., from 1885 to 1889; stated supply of the churches
at Dunsmair and Sisson, Cal., from 1889 to 1890, and stated
supply of the church at Gridley, Cal., from 1890 to 1891.
From this time until 1914 he labored as an agent for the Ameri-
can Tract Society in California and Oregon, having his resi-
dence in Oakland, Cal. He died Sept. 16, 191 5, in Oakland, of
old age, in his 87th year. He was buried at Oakland.
He was married Sept. 12, 1865, at Arkport, N. Y., to Isa-
bella Farr, who died June, 1907. One son and one daughter
survive him.
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DANIEL SEELY GEEGOEY, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Horace and Betsey (Seely) Gregory, was born Aug. 21,
1832, in Carmel, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Gilead Presbyterian Church of Carmel at the age
of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
State Normal School, of Albany, N. Y., and in the North
Salem Academy, N. Y. He engaged in teaching in the
public schools of New York state from 1850 to 1853, when he
entered Princeton University, graduating in 1857. He spent
the summer following his graduation supplying the place of
the principal of the Newton Collegiate Institute, N. J. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1857, taking the full
three years' course there and graduating in i860. During his
Seminary course he was tutor of Belles Lettres in Princeton
University from January 1859 to July i860. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Bedford (now Westchester) April 18,
i860, and ordained by the Presbytery of Rock River (now
Freeport), O.S., Feb. 23, 1861, being at the same time installed
pastor of the South Church, Galena, 111., which he had been
serving as pastor elect since November i860. He was re-
leased from this charge Nov. 14, 1863. He was pastor of the
Second Church, Troy, N. Y., from Nov. 5, 1863 to Dec. 8, 1866,
and pastor elect of the Third Congregational Church of New
Haven, Conn., from this time until installed its pastor Jan.
10, 1867. He continued such until April 26, 1869. He was
pastor of the South Salem Church, New York, from May 1,
1869, to Aug. 7, 1871. He was professor of Metaphysics and
Logic in Wooster College from 1871 to 1875, and professor of
Mental Science and English Literature in the same college from
1875 to 1878. He was president of Lake Forest College from
1879 to 1887. From 1888 to 1889 he supplied the church at
Morgan, Minn. He was managing editor of the Standard Dic-
tionary with his residence in New York City from 1890 to
1894. From 1895 to 1904 he was editor of the Homiletic Re-
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view and engaged in other literary work. After this he was
general secretary of the American Bible League and editor of
the Bible Student and Teacher of New York City for some
years. During the last years of his life his residence was in
East Orange, N. J., and he died there April 14, 191 5, of old
age, in his 83rd year. He was buried in Princeton, N, J. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Princeton Univer-
sity in 1873, and LL.D. from Wooster College in 1895. He
was a profuse author. Among his books were: Christian
Ethics, 1875 1 Why Four Gospels ?, 1877 ; Practical Logic, 1881 ;
Christ's Trumpet Call to the Ministry, 1896; The Crime of
Christendom, 1900, and Constructive Studies in John, 1909. He
was also co-author with S. B. Halliday of The Church in
America, 1896. Among his published pamphlets are: a Sylla-
bus of Theoretical Ethics, 1873 ; Outlines of Course in English
Literature, 1875 ; Syllabus of Psychology, 1875, and a
Course in Reading for Students, 1875. He also published
many sermons and a few articles, most of the latter in the
Princeton Review and the Presbyterian Quarterly and Presby-
terian Review.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 5, i860, in Croton Falls,
N. Y., to Jane G. Brown, who died Jan. 20, 1866; (2) Sept.
26, 1867, in New York City to Harriet By ram, who, with one
daughter by his second wife, survives him.
JOHN FLEMING COWAN, D.D.,
Son of John Fleming and Mary (English) Cowan, was born
March 8, 1837, in Potosi, Mo. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Washington, Mo., at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Potosi and Washington, Mo., under Mr. J. P. Johnson in both
places, and he graduated from Westminster College, Mo., in
1858. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
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same year he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia
April 5, i860, and ordained by the Presbytery of Missouri
(O.S.) May 17, 1863. He supplied the Auxvasse Southern
Presbyterian church near Calwood, Mo., from Nov. 15, 1861,
until his death. From 1888 until 1912 he was professor of
Modern Languages and Hebrew in Westminster College, Mis-
souri, and after that professor emeritus until his death, which
occurred April 5, 191 5, near Calwood, Mo., of pneumonia, in
the 79th year of his age. He preached in his church the last
Sunday before his death. He was buried in the Auxvasse
Church Cemetery. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from Westminster College, Mo., in 1880. He was stated clerk
of the Presbytery of Missouri from 1863 to 1893, and trustee
of Westminster College, Mo., from 1864 to 1888. He was a
member from the beginning of the Board of Trustees of the
Missouri Synodical College for Young Ladies at Fulton, and
its president from 1892 until his death. During his ministry
the Auxvasse City and Nine Mile Prairie churches were or-
ganized from the Auxvasse church. He was largely instru-
mental in the organization of the Synodical College for Young
Ladies and its location in Fulton, Mo. He wrote much for the
newspapers.
He was married Jan. 30, 1862, near Williamsburg, Mo., to
Martha Jane Grant, who died Nov. 10, 1884. Three sons and
one daughter survive him.
JOSEPH SMITH VAN DYEE, D.D.,
Son of Benjamin and Elsy (Smith) Van Dyke, was born Nov.
1, 1832, at Bound Brook, N. J. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Pluckamin, N. J., at
the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued
at Somerville and Flemington, N. J. He was for a time a stu-
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dent in Rutgers College, but entered the University at Princeton
in 1855 and graduated from the same in 1857. He then spent
a year in teaching in the Classical School at Woodbury, N. J.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1858, he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1861. He was a tutor
of Greek in Princeton College when a senior in the Seminary.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Elizabeth Oct. 3, i860,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Newton Oct. 10, 1861,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Blooms-
bury, N. J., from which he was released May 4, 1869. He was
pastor of the Second Church of Cranbury, N. J., from May
13, 1869, to Oct. 7, 1896. He supplied the church at Asbury,
N. J., from January 1897 to May 1897, and the church at
Glassboro and Bunker Hill, N. J., from October 1897 to April
1900. He then took up his residence in Hightstown, N. J. He
was stated supply of the church at Perrineville, N. J., from
1909 until his death, which occurred Nov. 1, 191 5, in Hights-
town, of a rectal abscess, on the completion of his 83rd year.
He was buried in Cranbury, N. J. He received the honorary
degree of D.D. from Princeton University in 1884. He was
three times moderator of the Presbytery of Monmouth, and
several times a commissioner to the General Assembly. Among
his publications are: Elements and Evidences of National De-
cay, 1862; Popery, the Foe of the Church and of the Republic,
1 87 1 ; Through the Prison to the Throne, 1881 ; Giving or
Entertainment — Which? 1883; From Gloom to Gladness,
1884; Theism and Evolution, 1886; Patriots Plea and Pleas
Many, 1891. He lectured extensively on temperance. For
many years he received and taught suspended students of
Princeton College when at Bloomsbury and Cranbury.
He was twice married : (1) May 7, 1861, in Bridgeton, N. J.,
to Sarah Jane Swing, who died Jan. 5, 1894; (2) Oct. 4,
1899, m Glassboro, N. J., to Ella Wolf, who died Aug. 19,
191 1. Two sons and two daughters by his first wife survive
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him. One of his sons is the Rev. George B. Van Dyke, of the
class of 1892 of Princeton Seminary.
JAMES SMITH McDONALD, D.D.,
Son of Hugh and Sarah Ann (Smith) McDonald, was born
Feb. 22, 1835, near Urbana, Ohio, He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford,
Ohiom at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the public schools and under the Rev. William
Galbraith at West Liberty, Ohio, and he graduated from Miami
University in 1859. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1862. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Sidney June II, 1861, and ordainel an evangelist by the same
Presbytery June 4, 1862. He engaged in home missionary work
in Areata, Cal., from 1862 to 1864, and was stated supply of
the church at Sacramento, Cal., from May 1864 until installed
its pastor in 1866, and continued in this charge until May 4,
1869, when ill health interrupted his work. During the next
year he resided in South Salem, O. He was stated supply
of the church at San Diego, Cal., from April 1870 to February
1872; of the First Congregational Church of Eureka, Cal.,
from February 1872 to October 1876, and of the church at San
Rafael, Cal., from this time until installed its pastor Oct. 1,
1876. He was released from this charge Jan. 13, 1884. He
labored as synodical missionary in California from Jan. 18,
1884, until April 1895, with his residence at San Rafael. He
became stated supply of the church at Dixon, Cal., in April
1895, and was installed its pastor November 5 of the same year.
He was released from this charge April 24, 1898. He was pas-
tor's assistant of the First Church of Oakland, Cal., from
April 1898 to April 1902; stated supply of the church at Rich-
mond, Cal., from May 1902, to April 1904, and pastor of the
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church at Corte Madera, Cal., from May 8, 1904, until August
1914. During this time he served also a mission station at
Lakspur, Cal. He died May 13, 191 5, in Corte Madera of
kidney trouble, in the 81 st year of his age. He was buried in
the Tamalpias Cemetery, San Rafael, Cal. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Miami University in 1891. In
1868 he was chaplain of the California State Senate. In 1901
he was appointed historian of the Synod of California and
prepared a history of the Presbyterian Church in California,
which was never published.
He was twice married: (1) May 8, 1862, near Urbana, Ohio,
to Rebecca Todd, who died Jan. 21, 1900; (2) May 27, 1906,
in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, to Mary I. Rowan, who with four
daughters survives him.
CHARLES TABELE McMULLIN,
Son of Robert and March Hamilton (Tabele) McMullin, was
born Sept. 19, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Sixth Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Presbyterial Academy of Philadelphia under
Lyman Coleman, and he graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1859. Entering the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1862. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia April 2, 1862, and ordained an evangelist by the
Presbytery of West Jersey November 1, 1864. After his
graduation he spent a year in Smithtown, Long Island, sup-
plying chapels connected with the church there. From April
1863 to April 1864 he supplied the church at Sand Lake, N. Y.
He was stated supply of the church at Leed's Point, N. J.,
from July 1864 to October 1866, and of the church at Somer's
Point, N. J., from November 1865 until January 1871. He
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began supplying the church at Absecon, N. J., in July 1864
and was installed its pastor Nov. 14, 1867, continuing in this
church until Jan. 3, 1871. At this time a throat trouble com-
pelled him to give up preaching. From 1872 until 1873 he was
a clerk in the Board of Publication, Philadelphia. Giving
up this work on account of poor health and engaging in various
occupations until 1881, he again became a clerk in the
Board of Publication and continued such until 1887, when he
was made treasurer of the Board. He retained this office un-
til December 1906, when the state of his health compelled him
to retire. He continued his residence in Philadelphia until his
death, which occurred April 6, 191 5, in Philadelphia, of la
grippe, in the 76th year of his age. He was buried at Absecon,
N. J. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly at
Chicago in 1871.
He was married Oct. 19, 1869, in Absecon, N. J., to Martha
Ann Doughty, who died June 14, 1902. One son and one
daughter survive him.
EZRA FITCH PABODY,
Son of Ezra Fitch and Mabel (Butler) Pabody, was born
July 26, 1838, in Vernon, Ind. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hanover, Ind., at
the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the public schools of Vernon, Ind. He was a student for a
time in Hanover College, Ind., later entering Miami University,
from which he graduated in i860. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year, remaining one year, when
he was obliged to leave on account of ill health. He entered the
United States Army in September 1861 in the Third Minnesota
Volunteers, and was honorably discharged in March 1863.
After this he engaged in the drug business at first in Vernon,
Ind., and then in Minneapolis, Minn., from 1864 to 1885. At
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this time at the request of the session of Westminster Church,
Minneapolis, he engaged in work as a lay missionary and stated
supply in the Riverside chapel, Minneapolis, from 1890 to
1903. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Minneapolis Feb.
7, 1900. He continued in these missionary labors in Minne-
apolis until his death, which occurred Sept. 21, 1915, at his
summer home on Lake Minnetonka, Minn., of paralysis, in the
78th year of his age. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery,
Minneapolis. He gained a wide repute for his social settle-
ment work in Minneapolis. He was a member of the Min-
neapolis Horticultural Society.
He was married Oct. 10, 1866, in Oxford, Ohio, to Emma
Augusta Brown, who with one son and one daughter survives
him.
JAMES HERVEY APPLETQN,
Son of James and Ann (Lawrence) Appleton, was born Jan.
27, 1839, in Sing Sing (now Ossining), N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Tabernacle Baptist Church of
Philadelphia, at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the public schools of Philadelphia and later
with a private tutor and he graduated from the Central High
School of Philadelphia in 1859. He was licensed, Nov. 25,
1859, by the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and
ordained, June 21, i860, by a Baptist Council in the same
church. He was pastor of the Baptist church of Davisville,
Pa., from June 21, i860, to Jan. 1, 1861. In the fall of the
latter year he entered the Baptist Theological Seminary at
Rochester, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at Princeton, 1862,
remaining until February 1863. Returning to Rochester he
took the third year of his theological course in the Seminary
there, graduating in 1864. He was pastor of the Baptist Church
of Allentown, Pa., from December 1865 to November 1868,
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of the i nth Street Baptist Church, New York City, from
February 1869 to April 1871 and of a Baptist church in
Washington, D. C, from November 1873 to June 1875. At this
time he was laid aside from work by ill health for several
years. He was ordained an Episcopal deacon Nov. 16, 1879,
by Bishop Potter and a priest by the same May 23, 1880. He
was chaplain of St. Barnabas House from 1880 to 1882. After
this he resided in Brooklyn, engaging in philanthropic and chari-
table work, mainly in New York City, until his death, which
occurred July 15, 191 5, in the Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, of a disease of the bladder, in the 77th year of his
age. He was buried in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
He was twice married: (1) May 9, 1865, in Haddonfield, N.
J., to Agnes Morgan Reeves, who died July 12, 1902; (2)
April 4, 1904, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Ida Williamson, who sur-
vives him.
HENRY EDWARD BUTLER, D.D.,
Son of Billy Bishop and Sarah (Castle) Butler, was born
Feb. 21, 1835, in Essex, Vt. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Congregational church of Essex at the age of
twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Un-
derbill Academy and Chittenden County Institute of Essex, and
he graduated from the University of Vermont in 1861, having
the honor of election to the Phi Betta Kappa Society. He
spent the year after his graduation in Andover Seminary. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in 1862 he finished his the-
ological course there, graduating in 1864. He was licensed
by the Winooski Association of Congregational Ministers in
May 1864, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of
Champlain, Jan. 18, 1865. He supplied the church at Keese-
ville, N. Y., from May 1864 until his installation as pastor,
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September 26, 1865. He was released from this charge in
April 1881. He was pastor of the Congregational church of
Jacksonville, 111., from June 1881 to September 1888. He was
professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy in Alma Col-
lege, Michigan, from 1888 to 1894. During this time he supplied
a number of churches as his college duties permitted. He was
pastor of the Congregational church at St. Johns, Mich., from
1894 to 1897, and during the next three years supplied various
churches in the State of Michigan. From 1902 until 1904 he
was pastor of the Congregational church of Desplaines, 111.
At this time failing health compelled him to give up the active
work of the ministry and he took up his residence in Chicago,
where he died April 25, 1915, of paralysis, in the 81st year of
his age. He was buried in Essex Centre, Vt. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Howard University in 1895.
He was an associate member of the Victoria Institute of Great
Britain and he published several sermons and memorials and
was a prolific writer for various periodicals. On several occa-
sions he served as poet and orator for his college fraternity, and
at one time was the poet of his college at the Associate Alumni
of his alma mater.
He was married May 4, 1864, in Cambridge, Mass., to Caro-
line Susan Rankin, who died Dec. 12, 1897. Two daughters
survive him.
WILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS,
Son of William Henry and Margaret (Reece) Edwards, was
born Feb. 5, 1835, in Chester County, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Wil-
mington, Del., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Classical Institute of Media, Pa.,
and under the Rev. William C. Roberts, D.D., of Wilmington,
Del. Before going to the Seminary he spent a year in teach-
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ing and colportage work under the Board of Publication. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1861, remaining two
years. He pursued his theological studies further for one year
under the Rev. William C. Roberts, D.D. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 22, 1863, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Wilmington Feb. 8, 1865.
From August 1863 to December 1864 he engaged in home mis-
sionary work in Ocean County, N. J. He further engaged in
missionary work in Wilmington, Del., from 1864 to 1865. He
supplied the church at Monticello, Ind., from 1865 to 1866,
engaging in teaching at the same time. He was stated supply
of the church at Kirklin, Ind., from 1866 to 1867. After this
for five years he engaged in missionary work in connection
with the North Idiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He was principal of a school at Georgetown, Del.,
from 1873 to 1875 and engaged in teaching in the High School
in Berlin, Md., from 1875 to 1877, being at the same time as-
sistant pastor of the church there. He was stated supply of
the church at Harrington, Del., and principal of a school in the
same place from 1877 to 1886. During this time he supplied
also the Presbyterian churches of Bridgeville, Del., and Feder-
alsburg, Md., from 1880 to 1882. He was pastor of the Presby-
terian churches of Lewinsville and Vienna, Va., from Octo-
ber 12, 1886, to October 8, 1895. He then supplied the church
at Clifton, Va., until installed its pastor April 22, 1896. This
relation was dissolved April 13, 1915. He died June 17, 1915,
in Clifton, Va., of heart failure after a general break down
resulting from a severe cold, in the 81st year of his age. He
was buried at Faggs Manor, Pa. He was moderator of the
Presbytery of Washington City in 1892.
He was twice married: (1) April 5, 1855, in Baltimore
County, Md., to Sarah Ann Allen, who died May 28, 1878;
(2) Nov. 28, 1884, in Newark, Del., to Sarah Cornelia Grinnell,
who, with two sons by his first wife, survives him.
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ARTHUR LITTLE, D.D.,
Son of Simeon Bartlett and Harriet (Boyd) Little, was born
May 24, 1837, in Webster (formerly Boscawen), N. H. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Congregational
Church of Boscawen at the age of nineteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Kimball Union Academy of Bos-
cawen and he graduated from Dartmouth College in i860. He
then spent a year teaching in the Black River Academy and in
the Thetford Academy, Vermont. Entering Andover Semi-
nary in 1861 he remained there one year. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in 1862 and continued there until
March 1863. He was ordained as a chaplin in the U. S. Army
March 16, 1863, by a Congregational Council at Boscawen,
N. H., and served the First Vermont Heavy Artillery as chaplain
for two and one half years. He spent three months as a stu-
dent in Andover Seminary after the close of the war. He
was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bedford, N. H.,
from Jan. 3, 1866, to Sept. 22, 1868; pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church of Fond du Lac, Wis., from Nov. 2,
1868, to Feb. 12, 1878; of the New England Church,
Chicago, 111., from June 18, 1878, to Jan. 16, 1889, and of
the Second Church, Dorchester, Boston, from Jan. 30,
1889, until 19 1 2, being pastor emeritus of this church from this
time until his death, which occurred April 11, 1915, in West
Newton, Mass., of diabetes, in the 78th year of his age. He
was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery of Dorchester, Boston.
He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Dartmouth
College in 1880. He was moderator of the National Council
of Congregational Churches in 1883, and was moderator of the
Wisconsin Congregational Council; of the Illinois State Con-
gregational Council ; of the Congregational Club of Chicago, and
of the Congregational Club of Boston. He was also a member
of the International Council held in London in 1891, and a cor-
porate member of the American Board of Commissioners for
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Foreign Missions. He was a trustee of Ripon College, Wis-
consin; president of the Board of Trustees of Bradford Acad-
emy ; president of the Board of Visitors of Andover Theologi-
cal Seminary and vice-president of the American Tract Society.
He was one of the founders of the City Missionary Society of
Boston.
He was twice married: (i) Aug. 15, 1863, in Washington,
D.C., to Laura Elizabeth Frost, who died Jan. 21, 1883; (2)
Feb. 1, 1898, in Boston, Mass., to Elizabeth Ann Wales, who
with one daughter by his first wife survives him.
ELIAKIM TUPPER JEFFERS, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of James Dickey and Mary Ann Benvie (Tupper) Jeffers,
was born April 6, 1841, in Stewiacke, N. S., Canada. He made
a public confession of his faith in the United Presbyterian
church of Lawrence, Mass. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Oliver High School of Lawrence and he grad-
uated from Jefferson College in 1862. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1865. He then spent one
term of study in the United Presbyterian Seminary at Alle-
gheny, Pa. He was licensed by the United Presbyterian Pres-
bytery of Monongahela Dec. 28, 1864, and ordained by the
United Presbyterian Presbytery of Philadelphia Sept. 25, 1865,
being at the same time installed pastor of the United Presby-
terian church of Oxford, Pa. He was released from this
charge July 16, 1872. He supplied the Second Church of New
Wilmington, Pa., from January 1873 to January 1883. He was
president of Westminster College, Pa., from June 1872 to June
1883, and professor of Theology in Lincoln University, Pa.,
from September 1883 to June 1890. He was pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Oil City, Pa., from Sept. 18,
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1890, to April 12, 1893, and president of the York Collegiate
Institute, Pa., from May 1893 until his death, which occurred
Nov. 18, 191 5, in York, Pa., of kidney trouble, in the 75th
year of his age. He was buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery
of York. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Washington and Jefferson College in 1872, and that of LL.D.
from the same college in 1902. He was a delegate from the
United Presbyterian Church to the Canadian churches in
Halifax, N. S., in 1874, and was president of the State Teach-
ers' Association of Pennsylvania in 1895. He published the
Shortest Road to Caesar, in 1896.
He was married May 16, 1867, in Canonsburg, Pa., to Esther
Graham Hodgens, who died March 30, 1905. Three daugh-
ters and two sons survive him.
SNYDER BINNS S1MES,
Son of John Weston and Matilda Pemberton (Binns) Simes,
was born Nov. 17, 1842, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the First Moravian Church of
Philadelphia at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued under Bishop Edmund de Schweinitz in Phila-
delphia, and he became a student in the Moravian College of
Bethlehem, Pa., from which, however, he did not graduate. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1862, remaining two
years, and taking the third year of his theological course in the
Divinity School of Philadelphia, from which he graduated in
1865. He was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church
by Bishop Stevens June 23, 1865, and a priest by Bishop Vail
of Kansas Jan. 14, 1867. From 1865 to 1868 he was an assist-
ant in the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia. He became
rectof of the Gloria Dei Church, Philadelphia, Dec. 13, 1868,
and continued such until his death, the long period of forty-
six years. He died July 18, 1915, at Falmouth Heights, Mass.,
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suddenly of apoplexy, in the 73rd year of his age. He was
buried in the churchyard of the Gloria Dei Church, Philadel-
phia. He published The Swedes and the Protestant Episcopal
Church, in 1888.
He was married Dec. 8, 1868, in Philadelphia, to Eleanor
Richard Simes, who survives him.
JOHN ELLIOTT WRIGHT, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Edward Weakley and Henrietta Mary
(Swift) Wright, was born Dec. 17, 1842, in LaFayette, Ind. He
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Delphi, Ind., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Waveland Preparatory School,
Indiana, and he graduated from Jefferson College in 1862.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course there, graduating in
1865. He then spent a year in graduate study in the West-
ern Theological Seminary. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Logansport April 2y, 1864, and ordained by the Presbytery
of Allegheny City Dec. 27, 1866, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of the Manchester Church (2nd Church) of
Allegheny, Pa., from which he was released Oct. 1, 1868. He
began serving the church at Greenville, Pa., as pastor elect in
October 1868 and was installed its pastor Nov. 2, 1869. This
relation was dissolved May 5, 1874. He was pastor of the
First Church of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio, from Nov. 19,
1874, to May 1, 1878; pastor elect of the First Church of Madi-
son, Wis., from May 1878 to January 1882; pastor of the
Jefferson Park Church of Chicago, 111., from May 14, 1882, to
Jan. 29, 1883; pastor of the Market Square Church, German-
town, Philadelphia, from April 15, 1883, to Oct. 1, 1892, and
stated supply of the First Church of Lock Haven, Pa., from
December 1893 until installed its pastor Oct. 18, 1894. He
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was released from this charge Oct. 1, 1901. At this time he
took up his residence in Edgewood Park, Pa. He was chap-
lain of the sanitarium at Markleton, Pa., from June 1914 until
his death, which occurred June 10, 191 5, in the sanitarium at
Markleton, in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried at
Edgewood Park, Pa. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in
1885. He was moderator of the Synod of Wisconsin in 1881 ;
was a member of the Board of Ministerial Relief from 1886
to 1893 ; was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Gen-
eral Assembly from 1886 to 1903 ; was a member of the
Presbyterian Historical Society from 1887 to 1893, and was
chaplain of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania in
1913. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly in
1873, 1881, 1886, and 1901. He published several sermons and
a pamphlet entitled May Elders be made Moderators?
He was married May 27, 1869, in Allegheny, Pa., to Ellen
Maria Kerr, who with one son and one daughter survives him.
DANIEL REQUA FOSTER,
Son of Edmund and Ann Eliza (Requa) Foster, was born
Sept. 22, 1838, in Patterson, N. Y. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the South East Presbyterian Church, Put-
nam County, N. Y., at the age of eleven. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Peekskill Military Academy, N. Y.,
and he graduated from Princeton University in 1863. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1866. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Connecticut April 15, 1865,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Rochester City, Aug. 1, 1866,
being at the same time installed pastor of the First Church of
Phelps, N. Y. This relation was dissolved Oct. 2, 1869. He
supplied the church at Pennington, N. J., from this time until
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installed its pastor, April 17, 1871, and was released from this
charge Nov. 9, 1886. His last pastorate was over the Bethany
Church, Trenton, N. J., from Dec. 14, 1886, to Jan. 30, 1900,
when he was made pastor emeritus. After this he engaged in
work as an evangelist and was president of the New Jersey
Children's Home Society, continuing his residence in Trenton,
N. J., until his death, which occurred Oct. 25, 191 5, in Trenton
of a bladder trouble, in the 78th year of his age. He was
buried in the Riverview Cemetery at Trenton. He published
Present Day Problems in Western Europe, 1906, and The
Peace Movement, 1908, besides occasional sermons. He was a
member and chaplain of the New Jersey Society of the Sons
of the Revolution, and a member of the Huguenot Society and
of the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
He was married June 25, 1868, in Trenton, N. J., to Anna
Evans Steward, who survives him.
CHARLES OTIS THATCHER,
Son of Irvin Andrew and Mary Elizabeth (Sturtevant) That-
cher, was born June 18, 1842, in Amsterdam, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Schenectady, N. Y., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Union School of Schenectady under
Professor Benjamin Stanton, and he graduated from Union
College in 1864. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course there,
graduating in 1867. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Albany June 13, 1866, and ordained an evangelist by the Pres-
bytery of Troy Sept. 18, 1867. He was stated supply of the
Albia Church, Troy, N. Y., from May 1867 to May 1868; of
the church at Tioga, Pa., from November 1868 to May 1871 ; of
the church at Union, N. Y., from May 1871 to May 1874; of
the church at Worthington, Minn., from January 1875 to May
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1877, and of the church at Owatonna, Minn., from 1877 to
1879. He was pastor of the church at Chittenango. N. Y.,
from 1880 to 1887 and of the church at Knoxboro, N. Y., from
1887 to 1889. He served the church at Whitesboro, N. Y., as
pastor elect from 1889 to 1891, and was pastor of the church at
Morristown, N. Y., from Sept. 29, 1891 to April 15, 1902. He
resided without charge in Philadelphia, Pa., from 1903 to 1904
and after that at Cranberry Lake, N. Y., until 1910. He was
pastor of the churches at Glenfield and Martinsburg, N. Y.,
from 1910 to 1913, and stated supply of the church at Batchel-
lerville, N. Y., from 19 14 until his death, which occurred
Dec. 30, 191 5, in Batchellerville, of pneumonia after a three
days' illness, in the 74th year of his age. He was buried in
Schenectady, N. Y.
He was twice married: (1) June 18, 1867, in Washington,
D. C, to Mary Elmina Burghardt, who died Nov. 24, 1904;
(2) Sept. 6, 1910 in Martinsburg, N. Y., to Frances Theodosia
Sheldon, who with one daughter by his first wife survives
him.
MATTHEW BONSALL LOWRIE, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Dr. John Marshall and Hetty (Dusenbery)
Lowrie, was born April 10, 1884, in Blairstown, N. J. He
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Fort Wayne, Ind., at the age of fifteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued under his father at Fort Wayne and
he graduated from Princeton University in 1863. He then be-
came first assistant in the Valparaiso College Institute, Ind.,
from September 1863 to June 1864, and spent the following
year in the service of the U. S. Christian Commission in the
Army of the Potomac. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
1865, he took the full three years' course there, graduating
in 1868. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Fort Wayne
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May I, 1867, and ordained by the Presbytery of Troy (O.S.)
Oct. 30, 1868, being at the same time installed pastor of the
South (Woodside) Church of Troy, N. Y. He was released
from this charge Jan. 3, 1871. In March of the same year he
began his service of the church at Onarga, 111., as pastor elect
and was installed pastor Jan. 23, 1872. He was released Oct.
12 of the same year. He was pastor elect of the church at
Galesburg, 111., from October 1872 until installed its pastor
March 24, 1873. This relation was dissolved July 1, 1885.
From January 1886 to December 1888 he was stated supply of
the church at Lake City, Minn., and of the church at Anniston,
Ala., from January 1889 to January 189/3. He was pastor of
the church at Boulder, Colo., from June 1890 to June 1893. In
1891 he became professor of New Testament Literature and
Exegesis in Omaha Theological Seminary in connection with
his work in Boulder until 1893, when he moved to Omaha. In
1900 he became president of the Omaha Theological Seminary
and continued such until 191 2, when ill health interrupted his
work. In connection with the presidency he was also professor
of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology from 1902 to 1912. At
this time he took up his residence in Denver, Colo., until his
death, which occurred there May 15, 191 5, in the 72nd year
of his age. He was buried in the Fairmount Cemetery of Den-
ver. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Knox
College, Illinois, in 1889.
He was married May 6, 1869, in Valparaiso, Ind., to Susan
Elizabeth Haas, who died April 1, 191 5. One daughter sur-
vives him.
CHARLES HENRY McCLELLAN, D.D.,
Son of Samuel and Eunice (Edgerton) McClellan, was born
Nov. 27, 1843, m Wheeling, W. Va. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Morgantown,
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W. Va., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Monongahela Academy at Morgantown and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1865. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1868. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 18, 1867,
and ordained by the Presbytery of West Virginia October 18,
1868. He was stated supply of the churches at Point Pleasant,
W. Va., and Gallipolis, Ohio, from October 1868 to May 1869.
He spent the following year in Europe. He was pastor of
the church at Barnesville, Ohio, from May 18 to Dec. 11, 1871,
and of the church at Butler, Pa., from Jan. 22, 1872, to June
25, 1878. During the next ten years he suffered from ill
health, which prevented active work in the ministry, residing in
New York City in 1879 an d ^ ater m Santa Barbara, Cal. His
health being sufficiently recovered, he became pastor of the
church at Lakewood, N. J., May 28, 1889, and continued in this
pastorate until April 10, 1900, when ill health again interrupted
his labors. He resided in Lakewood Wtil his death, which
occurred March 22, 1916, in Atlantic City, N. J., after a pro-,
tracted illness of pernicious anaemia, in the 73rd year of his
age. He was buried at Lakewood. He received the honorary
degree of D.D. from the University of New York in 1894.
He was married June 18, 1874, in New York City, to Malle-
ville Wheelock Smith, who with one daughter survives him.
ALEXANDER PEEBLES KELSO,
Son of James Anderson and Elizabeth Jane (Linn) Kelso, was
born Oct. 4, 1845, near Oakville, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Middle Spring Presbyterian church
near Shippensburg, Pa., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Fayetteville and Shippensburg
Academies, Pa., and he graduated from Washington and
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Jefferson College in 1865. He spent a part of the year follow-
ing in the study of medicine, as he had intended on leaving
college entering the medical profession, but on changing his
intention, he entered the Western Theological Seminary in
1866, remaining there two years. Coming to the Seminary at
Princeton in 1868 as a senior, he completed his theological
course there, graduating in 1869. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Carlisle June 10, 1868, and ordained an evan-
gelist by the same Presbytery Aug. 11, 1869. Having devoted
himself to the work of foreign missions he went at once to
India and labored as a missionary at Sharanpur, Rawal,
Pindi, Lodiana and Lahore. He was professor of Theology
and New Testament in the Theological Seminary of the Synod
of India at Sharanpur from 1887 to 1893, retaining his con-
nection witih this Seminary until 1904. He had charge of a
mission station at Dehra Dun from 1893 to 1904. He resided
at Ambala from 1913 until his death, which occurred there
Dec. 26, 1915, of angina pectoris in the 71st year of his age.
He was buried at Amzala, India. He translated into Hindu-
stani a small book entitled Little Dot, and wrote and translated
various short articles for the Hindustani Christian Treasury.
He was married Oct. 12, 1870, in Dehra Dun, India, to
Louisa Mary Bolton, who with three sons and two daughters
survives him.
EDWARD ROTHESAY MILLER,
Son of Edward and Jessie Pattison (Imbrie) Miller, was born
Oct. 29, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the High Grove Presbyterian Church, Mo-
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Saunders Institute, West Philadelphia, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1867. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
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the full three years' course there, graduating in 1870. He then
remained a year longer as a graduate student. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New York June 6, 1870, and
ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Jersey City April
16, 1872. Having devoted himself to the work of foreign
missions, he went to Japan the same year, engaging in mis-
sionary work in Yokohoma from 1872 to 1874. He then
connected himself with the Reformed Dutch Church, continu-
ing his labors in Yokohoma in connection with the Ferris
Seminary until 1879. He was also a lecturer on Church Polity
and Homiletics in Union Theological Seminary of Tokyo from
1877 to 1879. He spent the next two years on a furlough in
the United States. Returning to Japan he became professor
in the Union College (Meiji Gakuin) at Tokyo from 1881 to
1888. From 1888 to 1902 he engaged in missionary work in
Morioka. The year following he spent in America. Returning
to Japan he engaged in general missionary work with his
residence in Tokyo until 1904, when he again returned to this
country for one year. In 1905 he resumed his missionary work
in Tokyo and remained there until 1914, when he came back
to this country and took up his residence in Bryn Mawr, Pa.,
until his death. He died Aug. 7, 1915, in East Hampton, L. I.,
N. Y., of heart failure, in the 72nd year of his age. He was
buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. In con-
nection with Dr. S. R. Brown he translated into Japanese the
Heidelberg Catechism. He published a Sketch of the North
Japan Mission, and numerous reports of mission work.
He was married July 10, 1873, in Yokohoma, Japan, to Mary
Eddy Kidder, who died June 25, 1910.
ALFRED EDWARD MYERS,
Son of James and Mary Skidmore (Wright) Myers, was born
Dec. 29, 1844, in New York City. He made a public confes-
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sion of his faith in the Reformed Church on the Heights of
Brooklyn at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute.
He entered the University of New York and took part of his
freshman year there. Then going to Williams College, he
graduated from that institution in 1866. The year following
he spent in study and travel abroad. He was a student in the
New Brunswick Theological Seminary 1867-68. He then
entered the Seminary at Princeton as a middler, remaining one
year. He took the third year of his theological course in
Union Seminary, New York, graduating in 1870. He was
licensed by the South Classis of Long Island June 2.7, 1870,
and ordained an evangelist by the same Classis Oct. 9, 1870.
He supplied the Reformed Bethany chapel of Brooklyn from
October 1869 to 1871, and spent the next year in Europe. He
was supply of the Reformed church at Bronxville, N. Y., from
1872 until installed its pastor the year following. He con-
tinued serving this church until 1876. He was acting pastor
of the church at Owasco, N. Y., from 1877 to 1879, and then
supplied the Presbyterian church of the same place until 1885.
He was stated supply of the Scattergood (Memorial) Church,
Syracuse, 1886-87, and of the Rose Hill (Westminster) Church
of Syracuse from 1886 until 1892. At this time he became as-
sistant pastor of the Marble Collegiate Reformed Church of
New York City and continued such until his death, which oc-
curred Sept. 16, 1915, at Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.,
of heart failure, in the 71st year of his age. He was buried in
the Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was married June 3, 1873, in Brooklyn to Mary Moffat,
who died Nov. 29, 1909. Two sons and one daughter survive
him.
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JOHN HOWARD O'BRIEN,
Son of William and Annie (Putnam) O'Brien, was born Sept.
19, 1836, in Noel, N. S., Canada. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Kennettcook Presbyterian Church, Hali-
fax, N. S., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the preparatory department of the Presbyterian
College at Truro, N. S., and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1864. During the next three years he engaged in
teaching in the Wyers Military Academy, West Chester, Pa.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1867, he remained
there three years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick April 13, 1870. While a student in the Seminary
he was a tutor of Latin in Princeton University from 1868 to
1870. He was principal of the Princeton Academy from 1870
to 1872, and taught mathematics in the West Chester State
Normal School from 1872 to 1873. He was ordained by the
Presbytery of West Jersey Oct. 14, 1873, being at the same
time installed pastor of the Wenonah, Glassboro and Bunker
Hill churches, New Jersey. He was released from the latter
two Aug. 9, 1877, and continued to serve the Wenonah church
until April 18, 1883. He was stated supply of the church at
Swedesboro, N. J., from 1885 to 1907, and of the church at
Billingsport, N. J., from 1885 until the spring of 1915, when
he was honorably retired from the active work of the ministry.
He took up his residence in Clarksboro, N. J., where he resided
until his death, which occurred Sept. 23, 191 5, in Clarksboro,
after a lingering illness, having just completed his 79th year.
He was buried in the Eglinton Cemetery at Clarksboro.
He was twice married: (1) June 28, 1870, in West Chester,
Pa., to Clara Williamson, who died Jan. 2, 1872; (2) Jan. 9,
1877, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Harriet Hendrickson Locke, who
with one son and two daughters survives him.
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ALFBED HAMILTON FAHNESTOCE, D.D.,
Son of William and Ann Elizabeth (Ernst) Fahnestock, was
born Feb. 26, 1842, in Warren Tavern, Chester Co., Pa. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Brunswick, 111., at the age of 16. He was a student in
Blair Hall Academy, Chester Co., Pa., from 1850 to 1853, and
in the Parochial Academy of Brunswick, 111., from 1855 to
1858. After this he prepared himself for college and gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1868. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1871. From
1870 to 1873 he was tutor of Latin in Princeton University and
in 1874 he supplied several churches for a brief period. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 15,
1874, and ordained by the Presbytery of Syracuse April 27,
1875, being at the same time installed pastor of the First
Ward Church, Syracuse, N. Y., and continued the pastor of
this church until his death, a period of forty-one years. He
died Feb. 21, 1916, in Syracuse, N. Y., of paralysis, in the 75th
year of his age. He was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery,
Syracuse. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Washington College, Tenn., in 1894. He was stated clerk of
the Presbytery of Syracuse from 1881 to 1905, and was secre-
tary of the trustees of the Presbytery of Syracuse from 1900
until his death. He was a commissioner to the General As-
sembly in 1880 and 1885, and was a delegate from the General
Assembly to the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, U. S. A., in 1905. He was twice moderator of the
Presbytery of Syracuse. He published several books of poetry,
among them being: Autograph Thanksgiving Souvenir, N. Y.,
1886, and The Bride's Gift to her Friends, Buffalo, 1888. He
also published numerous poems in magazines and the religious
press.
He was married June 27, 1872, in Princeton, N. J., to Eliza-
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beth Wight Van Duyn, who with one son and two daughters
survives him.
KARL ALEXANDER CHRISTIAN LANGLOTZ,
Son of Karl Alexander Christian and Maria Louisa (Teusing)
Langlotz, was born June 20, 1834, in Saxe Meiningen, Ger-
many. He was confirmed in the Lutheran Church of Germany
at the age of fourteen. He studied in the schools of Saxe
Meiningen and graduated from the Bernhardinum Gymnasium
of Saxe Meiningen in 1852. He also studied music at Weimar
under Liszt and Joachim. Coming to this country he taught
music in Philadelphia from 1853 to 1856. He came to Prince-
ton in 1856 and taught music there as well as German in the
college from 1857 to 1869. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1869, taking the full three years' course there and
graduating in 1872. He was licensed by Presbytery of New
Brunswick April 10, 1872, and as he did not continue in the
ministry his license was withdrawn April 23, 1877. He con-
tinued his residence in Princeton from 1872 to 1874 and en-
gaged in the teaching of music. He then took up his residence
in Trenton, N. J., and taught music there until near the end of
his life. He died Nov. 25, 191 5, in Trenton, after a long ill-
ness, in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in Princeton,
N. J. His fame rests upon the composition of the music of
the Princeton College song "Nassau," in 1859.
He was twice married: (1) Jan. 10, 1856, in Philadelphia,
Pa., to Emma Rae, who died Nov. 25, 1865 ; (2) Nov. 7, 1872,
in Princeton, N. J., to Virginia I. Dunn, who died Oct. 10,
1903. Two daughters survive him.
SAMUEL PARRY,
Son of Samuel and Selinda (Van Syckel) Parry, was born
March 29, 1845, in Lambertville, N. J. He made a public con-
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fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Clinton, N. J.,
at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Blairstown Presbyterial Academy, New Jersey, and he
graduated from Yale University in 1868. He spent the fol-
lowing year teaching in the Blairstown Academy. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in 1869, he remained there two
years, taking the third year of his theological course in Union
Seminary, New York, from which he graduated in 1872. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 12,
1871, and ordained by the Presbytery of Elizabeth April 30,
1873, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Pluckamin, N. J., from which he was released April 30, 1906,
after a service of thirty-three years. He resided after this in
Somerville, N. J., teaching a men's Bible class until his death,
Sept. 9, 191 5, in Somerville, suddenly of heart failure, in the
71st year of his age. He was buried in the New Cemetery of
Somerville. He was the permanent clerk of the Presbyter} 7 of
Elizabeth from 1885 to 1888, and stated clerk of the same
Presbytery from 1888 until his death. He was three times a
commissioner to the General Assembly.
He was married Dec. 1, 1875, in Somerville, N. J., to Har-
riet Elizabeth Cornell, who survives him.
JOSEPH WILLIAM MANN,
Son of David Adams and Martitia (May) Mann, was born
May 10, 1848, in Bethany, Ind. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Waveland, Ind., at
the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Waveland Collegiate Institute, and he graduated from
Hanover College, Indiana, in 1872. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1875. He was licensed and
ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Crawfordsville
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Sept. 15, 1875. He was stated supply of the churches of
Covington and Veedersburg, Ind., for a time in 1875. He then
engaged in missionary work in New York City during the
fall and part of the winter of the same year. After this he
was stated supply of the following churches: Sugar Creek
and Prairie Centre, Ind., from January 1876 to January 1878
Newton and Beulah, Ind., from June 1878 to June 1888
Rockfield, Ind., from June 1888 to June 1890; Rossville, 111.
1890-95; Mansfield, 111., 1895-98; Pawpaw, 111., 1898-1903
Toledo, 111., 1903-05; Philo, 111., 1905-11; Cul de Sac, Idaho,
1911-14, and Omak, Wash., from February 191 5 until his
death, which occurred Oct. 24, 191 5, at Omak, of cerebral
hemorrhage, in the 68th year of his age. He was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. He was trea-
surer of the Presbytery of Craw fords ville from 1877 to 1890,
and a commissioner to the General Assembly at Ainona, Ind.,
in 1897.
He was married Feb. 5, 1879, in Southport, Ind., to Sarah
Cordelia Moore, who with three sons and an adopted daughter
survives him.
CHARLES ANDREW TAYLOR,
Son of Alfred DeForest and Susan Jane (Matthews) Taylor,
was born June 2, 1848, in Freedom, Ohio. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Elizaville,
Ky., at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the North Sangamon Academy, near Athens, 111., and
he graduated from Princeton University in 1873. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he
remained two years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Springfield Oct. 7, 1875, and ordained an evangelist by the
Presbytery of Saginaw June 13, 1876. He was stated supply
of the First Church of St. Louis, Mich., from 1875 to 1876;
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of the First Church of Mount Pleasant, Mich., from 1876 to
1877, an d of the church at Monument, Colo., from 1878 to
1880. He then engaged in missionary work among the Pueblo
Indians at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, from 1880 to 1884. He
was stated supply of the First Church of Timnath, Colo., from
1884 until installed its pastor April 16, 1885. This relation
was dissolved Dec. 4, 1890. He engaged in evangelistic work
under the care of the Synod of Illinois from January 1891 to
July 1893. He was pastor of the First Church of Mason City,
111., from 1893 to 1896, and of the First Church of Winchester,
111., from 1896 to 1899. From this time until 1902 he resided in
Lincoln, Neb., engaging in evangelistic work. He was pastor
of the church at La Salle, Colo., from 1902 to 1905 ; stated
supply of the church at Goldfield, Colo., from 1905 to 1907,
and of the church at Fraser, Colo., from April to November,
1908. After this he resided in Westminster, Colo., until his
death, which occurred Nov. 25, 191 5, in Westminster, of pneu-
monia, in the 68th year of his age. He was buried in the
Crown Hill Cemetery of Denver, Colo.
He was married May 19, 1879, in Princeton, N. J., to Eliza-
beth Smith Deacon, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
JAMES JULIUS CHISOLM, D.D.,
Son of James Julius and Margaret Swinton (Bryan) Chisolm,
was born Dec. 8, 1852, on John's Island near Charleston, S. C.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Second Presby-
terian Church of Charleston at the age of seventeen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Charleston under Dr. W.
H. Tarrant. He spent one year in the Charleston College, S. C.
Entering Princeton University in 1871 as a sopohmore he grad-
uated from this institution in 1874. Going immediately to the
Seminary at Princeton he took the full three years' course
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there, graduating in 1877. He then spent one term in study in
the Free Church Seminary of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Charleston May 14, 1877, and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Transylvania Oct. 19, 1879, being
at the same time installed pastor of the church at Harrods-
burgh, Ky., from which he was released in December 1887. He
was then pastor of the First Church of Winchester, Ky., from
January 1888 to October 1898 and of the church at Natchez,
Miss., from December 1898 until April 13, 191 5, at which time
he was made pastor emeritus. His last sermon was preached
in July 1914. He died Aug. 10, 191 5, ir\ Natchez, from a com-
plication of diseases resulting from heart trouble, in the 63rd
year of his age. He was buried in Natchez. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Central University in Kentucky
in 1896. He was moderator of the Synod of Mississippi in
1910. He published several sermons and a tract entitled, The
Gospel in Gold.
He was married June 4, 1885, in Rodney, Miss., to Mary
Virginia Tweed, who with one son survives him.
STANLEY DAY JEWELL, D.D.,
Son of James and Almira (Day) Jewell, was born Oct. 27,
1853, in Wellsburg, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Congregational church of Wellsburg, at the age of
eleven. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Catskill
Free Academy, N. Y., and he graduated from Union College,
Schenectady, in 1875. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1878. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Chemung March 5, 1878, and ordained by the same Presby-
tery May 14, 1878, being at the same time installed pastor of
the church at Big Flats, N. Y. He was released from this
charge Nov. 10, 1890. He supplied the church at Rome, Kan.,
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from July to September 1891. Having been called to the
church at Coffeyville, Kans., at this time, he at once entered
upon his work there and was installed pastor Dec. 8, 1891. He
was released from this charge in 1898. He was pastor of the
church at Butler, Mo., from May 7, 1898, to Sept. 26, 1906,
and of the church at Fredericktown, Mo., from Oct. 8, 1908,
until his death, which occurred Jan. 14, 19 16, in Fredericktown,
Mo., of malaria, in the 63rd year of his age. He was buried
in Fredericktown. He was appointed by the General Assembly
of 1907 convener of the new Presbytery of Iron Mountain and
was its stated clerk and chairman of its committees on Home
Missions and Education. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Union College in 1905.
He was married Sept. 1, 1886, in Wellington, Kan., to Isa-
bella Porter, who with one son and one daughter survives
him.
WELLING EVAN THOMAS, D.D.,
Son of the Rev. Thomas and Mary (Evans) Thomas, was
born Jan. 25, 1852, in Orwell, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Welsh Presbyterian Church of Neath,
Pa., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Delaware Literary Institute of Franklin, N. Y.,
and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1875, being the
Latin salutatorian of his class. He then spent a year teaching
as principal of the Academic Department in the New Windsor
College, Maryland. He took the first year of his theological
course in Union Seminary, New York, 1876-77. He entered
the Seminary at Princeton in the latter year, remaining two
years and graduating in 1879. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Lackawanna May 1, 1878, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Marion, Oct. 9, 1879, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Ashley, O. He was released
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from this charge Sept. 12, 1883. He was pastor of the Brown
Church of Kilbourne, O., from Oct. 10, 1879, to Sept. 10,
1884. He supplied the church at Kingston, O., from Sep-
tember 1883 to September 1884. He was pastor of the church
at Marion, O., from Oct. 8, 1884, to July 30, 1901, and of the
church at Lewisburg, Pa., from Oct. 8, 1901, until his death,
which occurred Nov. 16, 191 5, at Lewisburg, of apoplexy, in
the 64th year of his age. He was buried at Lewisburg, Pa. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Wooster College in
1901. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly at
Philadelphia in 1901. He was elected professor in Biddle
University, Charlotte, N. C, in 1880, but declined, and was a
member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
He was married Dec. 20, 1881, in Charlotte, N. C, to Emma
Williams Mattoon, who with four sons and two daughters
survives him.
JAMES CALHOUN ELLIOTT,
Son of Thomas and Jane (McCrumb) Elliott, was born Jan.
15, 1858, in New Wilmington, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Neshannock,
Pa., at the age of eleven. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Preparatory Department of Westminster College,
New Wilmington, and he graduated from the same college in
1877. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, gradua-
ting in 1880. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Shenango
in June 1879, and ordained by the Presbytery of Monmouth
July 29, 1880, being at the same time installed pastor of the
church at Keyport, N. J. He was released from this charge
April 12, 1882. After this until 1889 he engaged in business
residing in Keyport, N. J., from 1882 to 1891 and later in
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal
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Church June 4, 1898, and a priest by Bishop Littlejohn May
28, 1889, being at the same time installed rector of St. John's
Church, Long Island City. He remained rector of this church
until November 1900. He became rector of St. Paul's Church,
Newburgh, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1900, and continued such until his
death, which occurred Sept. 25, 191 5, in Newburgh, N. Y., in
the 58th year of his age. He was buried in Keyport, N. J.
He was married Nov. 8, 1882, in Keyport, N. J., to Carrie
Haskell Duncan, who with one daughter survives him.
THEODORE MONEOE MacNAIB, - ' • - «*■
Son of Hugh Torbert and Phoebe Jane (Hatmaker) MacNair,
was born Feb. 24, 1858, in Dansville, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the South Sparta Presbyterian
Church, Livingston County, N. Y., at about the age of thirteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the Geneseo Acad-
emy, N. Y., and he graduated from Princeton University in
1879. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, he took the full three years' course there, graduat-
ing in 1882. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Rochester
May 15, 1882, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presby-
tery Nov. 15, 1883. Having devoted himself to the work of
foreign missions, immediately after his ordination he sailed for
Japan and engaged in evangelistic and educational work. He be-
came a professor in the Meiji Gakuin at Tokyo in 1896 and con-
tinued such until shortly before his death. He died Nov. 21,
191 5, in Tokyo, of an intestinal disorder, in the 58th year of
his age. He was buried in the Dzushojt Cemetery, Tokyo. He
published a commentary on Genesis in Japanese and took a
leading part in the translation of the Union Hymnal into Jap-
anese, some of the hymns being composed by himself and
others by his second wife. He was one of the founders of the
Japanese Sunday School Association.
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He was twice married: (i) Oct. 18, 1883, in Philadelphia,
Pa., to Annette Gregory, who died Feb. 11, 1887; (2) April
25, 1892, in Tokyo to Caroline Tuck Alexander, who survives
him.
PAUL DAVID BERGEN, D.D.,
Son of Rev. George Providence and Mary (Bentley) Bergen,
was born July 19, i860, in Bellefontaine, O. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian Church of
Birmingham, Iowa, at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Birmingham, and at Park College,
Missouri. He spent the years 1876-79 in Parsons College,
Iowa, and then entered Lake Forest College, from which he
graduated in 1880. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year he spent two years there. He took the
third year of his theological course in McCormick Seminary,
from which he graduated in 1883. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Iowa in the spring of 1882, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery, Aug. 18, 1883. From this
latter year until 1891 he engaged in missionary work in Chi
Nan Fu, China. He resided in Chicago, 111., from 1891 to
1892, and was a student in Johns Hopkins University the year
following. He supplied the church at South Waukegan, 111.,
from 1893 to 1894. He then returned to China, being settled
in Chefoo from 1894 to 1898; in Tsingtan from 1898 to 1901
and in Tengchow from 1901 to 1902. The following year he
spent on furlough in the United States, after which he re-
turned to Tengchow. He was president of the Shantung
Union College, China, from 1901 until 1913. At this time he
returned to this country and resided on a farm near Unionville,
Conn., where he died Aug. 8, 191 5, of pernicious anaemia, in
the 56th year of his age. He was buried in the Greenwood
Cemetery near Unionville, Conn. He received the honorary
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degree of D.D. from Lake Forest College in 1903, and received
a steel decoration from the German Emperor in 1901 for ser-
vice with danger. He was at one time vice-president of the
China Education Association. He published a commentary on
1 st and 2nd Thessalonians in Chinese in 1889, and wrote many
articles on China and his missionary work.
He was married Aug. 13, 1883, in Aledo, 111., to Alary Isa-
bella McKinney, who with one son survives him.
JOHN FRANCIS LUSTAN,
Son of George Gordan and Jane Logan (Moffatt) Dustan,
was born March 13, 1856, in Glasgow, Scotland. He made a
public confession of his faith in the St. James Church of
Dartmouth, N. S., Canada, at the age of eighteen. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Dartmouth under the Rev. Alex-
ander Falconer. He was a student for four years in Dalhousie
College, Halifax, 1876-80. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1880, taking the full three years' course and graduating
in 1883. He then spent a year as a graduate student in Edin-
burgh, Scotland. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick April 25, 1883, and ordained by the Presbytery of
Truro, N. S., Canada, Nov. 11, 1884, being at the same time
installed pastor of St. Paul's Church, Truro, N. S., from which
he was released in 1887. After this he was pastor of the fol-
lowing churches in Canada : Knox Church, Brandon, Man.,
1887-88; St. John's Church, Bridgewater, N. S., 1889-91, and
Grove Church, Halifax, N. S., 1891-1911. He died June 10,
191 5, in Bridgetown, N. S., of paralysis, in the 60th year of his
age. He was buried in Dartmouth, N. S.
He was married April 27, 1887, in Halifax, N. S., to Anna
Mitchell MacGregor, who with one son and three daughters
survives him.
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JOHN EDWARD HARRIES,
Son of John and Phoebe (Arnold) Harries, was born Dec. 14,
1856, in Pwllceffyl, South Wales. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church at
Pontardulais, Wales, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Primrose Hill School at Merthyr,
Tydfil, Wales, and he graduated from Trevecca College, Wales,
in 1883. Coming to this country in the fall of the same year
he entered Princeton Seminary, remaining three years. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Pembrokshire, Wales, in June
1879, and ordained by the Welsh Presbyterian Synod of Penn-
sylvania Oct. 16, 1886, being at the same time installed pastor
of the Welsh Presbyterian church of Bangor, Pa., and was
released from this charge in the summer of 1889. Ill health
interrupted his ministerial work at this time and he returned
to Wales and was received by the Calvinistic Methodist Church
of South Wales. He was pastor of the following churches in
Wales : Blaengarw church, Glamorganshire, from 1890 to 1892;
Penybont, Radnorshire, from 1892 to 1894, and Watton church,
Brecon Brecknockshire, 1894 to 1908. At this time he became
connected with the Congregational Church of Wales and was
pastor of the North Street Congregational Church of Ferndale,
Rhondda Valley, Glamorgan, from 1908 until his death, which
occurred April 22, 1914, at Ferndale, of neuritis and heart
failure, following an operation, in the 62nd year of his age.
He was buried at Cardiff, Wales.
He was married May 4, 1904, in Cardiff, to Catherine Pro-
thero, who survives him.
ALBERT BARNES WILLIAMSON,
Son of the Rev. Joseph Gilliard and Emeline (Stires) William-
son, was born Feb. 16, 1858, in Sidney, N. J. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the Bethlehem Presbyterian
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Church of Clinton, N. J., at the age of fifteen. He was pre-
pared for college by his father at Sidney, N. J., and he gradu-
ated from Lafayette College in 1884. He took the first year of
his theological course in Union Seminary, New York, 1884-85.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1885, he completed his
course there, graduating in 1887. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Elizabeth April 21, 1886, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Carlisle June 16, 1887, being at the same time installed
pastor of the Paxton Church, Harrisburg, Pa. He was re-
leased from this charge Sept. 26, 1894. While serving this
church he was also stated supply of the church at Derry. He
resided with his father at Sidney, N. J., from September 1894
to May 1895, when he became pastor elect of the church at
Delaware Water Gap, Pa., and was installed its pastor May
27, 1896. This relation was dissolved May 26, 1908. He was
pastor of the church at Bloomsbury, N. J., from June 30, 1908,
until his death, which occurred July 25, 191 5, in Bloomsbury,
of cancer of the bladder, in the 58th year of his age. He was
buried at Grandon, N. J.
He was married Oct. 6, 1887, in Clinton, N. J., to Fannie
Eva Conover, who with two sons survives him.
JAMES ANDERSON BEATTIE,
■
Son of Walter and Eliza (Anderson) Beattie, was born July 4,
1861, in Westerkirk, Scotland. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Blackett Street Presbyterian Church of Man-
chester, England, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Parish School of Lockerbie, Scot-
land, and he graduated from Glasgow University in 1885.
Coming to this country he entered the Seminary at Princeton
in the fall of the same year, remaining two years. He then
spent the year 1887-88 in the Free Church College of Glasgow.
Returning to Princeton he took a further year of study there,
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graduating in 1889. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, April 23, 1889, and ordained by the Presby-
tery of London, Canada, Sept. 22, 1889, being at the same time
installed pastor of the churches of South Delaware and Tempo,
Ont, Canada. He was released from these charges in March
1890. He was pastor of the First Reformed Church of Pekin,
111., from April 1890 to January 1892, and of the Trinity
Reformed Church of Amsterdam, N. Y., from 1893 to 1894.
He had begun his work in this church in February 1892. He
gave up his pastorate that he might engage in foreign mission
work. He was a missionary in the Arcot mission at Chittoor,
Madras, India, from 1894 until his death. He was returning to
his work in India on the Lusitania and went down with the
vessel, May 7, 191 5, when it was sunk by the Germans near the
coast of Ireland. He died in his 54th year.
He was married Sept. 30, 1889, in New York City to Mar-
garet Dall, who was on the Lusitania, but was saved, and has
returned to India to take up her work there.
JAMES WILLIAM HOWELL,
Son of Armstead M. and Annie (Finnell) Howell, was born
Oct. 10, 1858, in Amherst County, Va. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the High School of Lynchburg, Va., and he graduated from
Randolph-Macon College in 1884. He then spent two years
preaching at Boydton, Va., as a member of the Virginia Con-
ference of the Methodist Church, South. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in 1886, he took the full three years' course
there, graduating in 1889. He was ordained an elder in the
Methodist Church by Bishop J. C. Granbery at Richmond, Va.,
Nov. 17, 1889, and was pastor of the following Methodist
churches: Martinsville, Va., 1889-91; Nevada, Mo., 1891-93;
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Kansas City, Springfield and Boonville, Mo., 1895-99; Mar-
shall, Mo., 1899-1903; Lexington, Mo., 1903-06, and San
Angelo, Texas, from 1907 to October 191 1, when ill health
compelled him to give up the active work of the ministry. He
died Nov. 1, 191 5, in Hot Springs, Ark., of paralysis, in the
58th year of his age. He was buried in Nevada, Mo. He
received the degree of A.M. from Princeton University in
1889.
He was married Dec. 7, 1893, in Nevada, Mo., to Dora Clif-
ton Jones, who with one daughter survives him.
JAMBS SAMUEL EDWIN ERSKINE,
Son of the Rev. William Ralph and Jane (MacConnell) Ers-
kine, was born Dec. 10, 1885, near Le Claire, Scott County,
Iowa. He made a public confession of his faith in the United
Presbyterian Church at Olena, 111., at the age of fifteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the public schools of
Monmouth, 111., and in the Preparatory Department of Mon-
mouth College, from which institution he graduated in 1881.
He then engaged in teaching for a year and spent the year fol-
lowing in the United Presbyterian Seminary at Allegheny, Pa.
Ill health interrupted his theological studies for four years. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1887, taking the full
three years' course, and graduating in 1890. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Carlisle June 25, 1889, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Hudson June 17, 1890, being at the same
time installed pastor of the Hopewell Church, Thompson Ridge,
N. Y. This was his only pastorate. He served this church
until his death, which occurred Aug. 9, 191 5, in Thompson
Ridge, of carcinoma, in the 57th year of his age. He was
buried at Montgomery, N. Y. The last time he appeared in
his pulpit was on May 9, 191 5, the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his first sermon there. He received the degree of A.M.
from Monmouth College, 111., in 1884.
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He was married June 26, 1895, in Thompson Ridge, N. Y.,
to Esther Mary Gillespie, who survives him.
JOHN BERRIDGE McCUISH, Ph.D., D.D.,
Son of Angus E. and Catherine (Morrison) McCuish, was
born May 18, 1858, in Loch Lomond, N. S., Canada. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church
of Parkville, Mo., at the age of twenty-four. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the public schools of Nova Scotia and
in the preparatory department of Park College, Missouri, from
which institution he graduated in 1887. Entering the seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1890. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of New Brunswick April 22, 1890, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of St. Louis May 2, 1892. He sup-
plied the Lee Avenue Church, St. Louis, from January 1892 to
October 1893. He was a fellow in Harvard University from
1893 to 1894. From July 1894 to July 1895 he was stated supply
of the First Church of Fulton, Mo., and of the Westminster
Church of Pueblo, Colo., from August 1895 to December 1896.
At this time he began his labors in the North Church of Denver
and was installed its pastor May 16, 1897, being released from
this charge July 30, 1899. He supplied the First Church of
Leadville, Colo., from August 1899 until irfstalled its pastor
March 25, 1900, and was released from this charge August 1,
1907. At this time he became professor of Philosophy and
Ethics in Westminster University at Denver and occupied this
chair until the spring of 1909. He was pastor of the church
at Newton, Kan., from April 21, 1910, until his death, which
occurred June 29, 191 5, in Newton of heart disease, in the 58th
years of his age. He was buried at Newton. He received the
degree of Ph.D. from the University of New York in 1892 and
the honorary degree of D.D. from Park College in 1908. He
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was moderator of the Synod of Colorado, 1903-04, and was a
commissioner to the General Assembly at Los Angeles in
1903.
He was married June 16, 1898, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to
Anna Fitch Hulburd, who died March 26, 1916. One son and
two daughters survive him.
DAVID CHAULES MACKINTOSH, D-D.,
Son of James and Katharine (Grant) Mackintosh, was born
July 13, 1862, in Millstream, N. S., Canada. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Spring-
ville, N. S., at the age of twenty-five. His preparatory studies
were pursued for three years in the Pictou Academy, Nova
Scotia, and he graduated from Dalhousie University, Halifax,
in 1890. While a student there he engaged in teaching and
also during the summer after his graduation. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of 1890, he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1893, and remaining a year
longer as a graduate student. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of New Brunswick April 24, 1894, and ordained by the
Presbytery of Dubuque Oct. 10, 1894, being at the same time
installed pastor of the church at Hopkinton, la. He was re-
leased from this charge March 30, 1907. During this pastorate
he was professor of New Testament Greek in Lenox College,
Iowa, in 1895, an< ^ again in 1896, in 1902, 1904, and 1906,
being also professor of Theism in the four years last mentioned.
He was stated supply of the church at Audubon, la., from
1907 to 1909; pastor of the Lakeside Church, Storm Lake,
la., from May 4, 1909, to April 1912, and pastor of the church
at Shenandoah, la., from Nov. 16, 1912, until his death, which
occurred at Shenandoah Dec. 12, 191 5, of acute appendicitis,
in the 54th year of his age. He was buried in Hopkinton, la.
He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Lenox College
in 1903.
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He was married Nov. 25, 1896, in Hopkinton, la., to Min-
nie M. McConnell, who with two daughters survives him.
HENRY McENIGHT MOORE,
Son of William Lewis and Hannah (English) Moore, was
born March 31, 1864, in New Brunswick, N. J. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Reformed church of Lit-
tle Falls, N. Y., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued under the Rev. Henry Ford. He spent two years
in Rutgers College and then entered Columbia University, from
which he graduated in 1889. He was a student in Union
Seminary, New York, from 1890 to 1892, when he entered the
Seminary at Princeton, remaining one year. From 1893 to
1897 he engaged in missionary work in Philadelphia under the
Presbytery of Philadelphia, and labored as an assistant to the
pastor of the Arch Street Church, Philadelphia, from 1897 to
1901. He was ordained a priest in the Protestant Episcopal
Church June 2, 1901, by Bishop Coleman of Delaware. He
was assistant to the rector of St. Philip's Church, Philadelphia,
1901-02, and to the rector of St. Mary's Church, Philadelphia,
1902-04. In the latter year he organized and became rector
of the Church of the Reconciliation, Philadelphia, continuing
such until 1908. At this time this church was merged into the
Church of the Mediator and he served it as rector until 1914.
He then became special preacher of St. Philip's Church and
served this church until his death. He was drowned in the
Delaware Riber below Lambertville, N. J., by the overturning
of his canoe while endeavoring to run the rapids there, Aug.
18, 191 5, in the 52nd year of his age. He was buried in Green-
wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was married April 2, 1893, in New York City, to Emily
Louise Suydam, who with three sons survives him.
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SAMUEL CARSON WASSON,
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Carson) Wasson, was born
April 8, 1865, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. He made
a public confession of his faith in the West Presbyterian
Church of Ballymena, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in a private school in Balymena of which
the Rev. Mr. King was principal. He was a student in Queen's
College, Belfast, for one year, and in Princeton University for
three years, graduating from the latter in 1891. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1894. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia May 14, 1894, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore June 8, 1894, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Churchville,
Md., from which he was released Sept. 13, 1909. He was
pastor of the church at Govanstown, Md., from Sept. 30, 1909,
until his death, which occurred Nov. 16, 191 5, in the Union
Protestant Infirmary of Baltimore, Md., after an operation for
an intestinal trouble, in the 51st year of his age. He was bur-
ied in the cemetery of the church at Churchville, Md. He re-
ceived the degree of A.M. from Princeton University in 1892.
He was at one time moderator of the Presbytery of Baltimore
and was a commissioner to the General Assembly at Winona
Lake, Ind., in 1898; at Des Moines, la., in 1906, and at
Rochester, N. Y., in 191 5.
He was married June 8, 1899, in Churchville, Md., to Mary
Lee Archer, who with two sons survives him.
SAMUEL THOMAS LINTON,
Son of Robert and Mary (Cunningham) Linton, was born Dec.
12, 1873, in Crossbill, County Derry, Ireland. He made a pub-
lic confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Garvagh, Ireland, at the age of twenty. His preparatory stud-
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ies were pursued in the Academical Institution of Coleraine,
Ireland, and he graduated from the University of St. Andrews,
Scotland, in 1895. He then spent two years in St. Mary's
Theological Hall of St. Andrews University, and three summer
sessions in the Original Secession Hall of Glasgow. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in 1898 as a senior, graduat-
ing in 1899. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadel-
phia May 16, 1899, and ordained by the Presbytery of Hunting-
don Oct. 5, 1899, being at the same time installed pastor of the
East Kishacoquillas Church, Reedsville, Pa. He was released
from this charge May 20, 1901. He was pastor of the church
at Ridley Park, Pa., from July 25, 1901, until his death, which
occurred Jan. 10, 1916, in Ridley Park, of pneumonia, in the
43rd year of his age. He was buried at Reedsville, Pa.
He was married Aug. 28, 1901, in Reedsville, Pa., to Lilla
H. Reed, who with one daughter survives him.
SAMUEL DOUGHERTY MANIFOLD,
Son of Samuel Burnet and Rebecca Ann (Dougherty) Mani-
fold, was born March 3, 1871, at Frosty Hill near Muddy
Creek Forks, York County, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Chanceford, Pa., at
the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Stewartstown Academy, Pa., and also under the Rev. Samuel
Polk, and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1896. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1899. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Westminster Sept. 27, 1898, and
ordained by the same Presbytery Oct. 17, 1899, being at the
same time installed pastor of the First Church of Strasburg,
Pa. He served this church until his death, which occurred
March 13, 1915, in Woodbine, Pa., after a nervous breakdown,
in the 45th year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery of
the Chanceford Church, York County, Pa. He was moderator
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of the Presbytery of Westminster, 1905-06, and a commissioner
to the General Assembly at Columbus, O., 1907. He pub-
lished a history of the First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg,
Pa., 1907, and a manual of the same church, 1908, and also
several sermons and addresses.
He was married Sept. 26, 1899, at the Pleasant Hill Farm,
near Muddy Creek Forks, Pa., to Agnes Jeanette Reed, who
survives him.
FRANK EICHAEDS ZUGG,
Son of John Logan and Harriet Ellen (Richards) Zugg, was
born March 11, 1876, near Bantam, O. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Bantam,
O., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Park College Academy, Mo., and he graduated
from Park College in 1903. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1906. When a student in the Semi-
nary he spent his summer vacations in home missionary work.
He was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of New Al-
bany June 15, 1906. He was called to the church at Charles-
town, Ind., and began work there in June 1906, but regretted
that he could not be installed pastor. He served this church
until September 1907. From this time until 1910 he was pro-
fessor of Economics, History and Philosophy in Albany Col-
lege, Oregon, and continued his residence in Albany until 1910.
He was stated supply of the church at Marshfield, Ore., from
1910 to 191 1, and was pastor of the church at Washington,
Kan., from May 2, 191 1, to June 23, 1914. He spent the
next year in travel and in study in Edinburgh, Scotland. In
October 191 5 he began serving the church at Horton, Kan.,
and was installed its pastor Nov. 18, 1915, and continued such
until his death, which occurred Dec. 2, 191 5, in Horton, of
heart trouble, in the 40th year of his age. He was buried in
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Washington, Kan. He was stated clerk of the Highland
Presbytery at one time.
He was married June 20, 1906, in Trenton, Mo., to Beryl
Bird Baker, who survives him.
MU&GURDICK SARKIS VORPERIAN,
Son of Sarkis Hoohunnes and Yeghisupet H. (Boyujian)
Vorperian, was born Aug. 24, 1868, in Malatia, Turkey in
Asia. He made a public confession of his faith in the Congre-
gational church of Harpoot, Turkey, at the age of twenty-nine.
He graduated from the Euphrates Mission College in 1894. He
then engaged in teaching in the Euphrates College from 1894
to 1913. He came to this country and entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the latter year as a special student, remained
one year. He sailed from America July 28, 1914, to take up
work again as a teacher in Euphrates College at Harpoot. He
served this college for twenty years. He died about July 5,
191 5, in Malatia, Asia Minor, being among the Armenians who
were murdered by the Turks on their way to exile, in the 47th
year of his age. His body was probably not buried.
He was married about seventeen years before his death in
Harpoot to Floritza Kurkjian, who with two sons and two
daughters survives him.
DANIEL KERR,
Son of Samuel Joseph and Margaret (Morrison) Kerr, was
born Jan. 8, 1892, in Craignamaddy, County Antrim, Ireland.
He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Croaghmore, Ireland, at the age of sixteen. He
graduated from Queen's University, Belfast, in 1912. Coming
to this country in the fall of the same year, he entered the Semi-
nary at Princeton, remaining one year. Returning to Ireland,
he continued his theological studies in McCrea Magee College.
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Soon after the outbreak of the war he joined the British Army,
leaving McCrea Magee College in December 1914. He was
one of the expedition to the Gallipoli Peninsula and was killed
in action in the Dardanelles July 6, 191 5, in the 24th year of
his age. He was buried "at the foot of Archi Baba" in the
Gallipoli Peninsula. He was unmarried.
INDU PKAKAS BANNERJI,
Son of Chandi Charan and Binoda (Roy) Bannerji, was born
Aug. 21, 1884, in Calcutta, India. He was a student in the
B. N. College, in Bankipur City College, and the Metropolitan
Institute of Calcutta. For some time he was connected with the
Sadharan Brahma Samaj of Calcutta as a lay preacher. He
also taught in various schools in India. Coming to this country,
he graduated from the Nebraska State University in 1914. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton as a partial student in the
fall of the same year. Having completed the first year of study
there, he was returning to his home in India when he went
down with the Lusitania May 7, 191 5, when the steamer was
torpedoed by a German submarine near the south coast of
Ireland. He was in his 31st year. He leaves a widow and
one son and one daughter.
ANTON HODENPYL CONDICT,
Son of Silas Alden and Emmeline Gysberta (van Hodenpyl)
Condict, was born Jan. 17, 1890, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Fourth Presbyterian
Church of New York City at the age of eleven. He spent two
years in Cornell University, 1909-11. He then engaged in
business for four years. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of 191 5 and died March 3, 1916, in the Roose-
velt Hospital, New York City, of Bright's disease, in the 27th
year of his age. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
DAVID HALL, D-D.,
Son of David and Margaret (Hindman) Hall, was born Dec.
13, 1827, in Slate Lick, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Slate Lick at the age of
eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in Kittanning,
Pa., and in Canonsburgh, Pa., and he graduated from Jefferson
College in 1850. He then taught for nearly two years in the
Witherspoon Institute of Butler, Pa. He entered the Western
Theological Seminary in 1851, taking the full course there and
graduating in 1854. He came to Princeton Seminary in the
fall of the latter year as a graduate student, remaining one
year. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Allegheny (now
Butler) June 20, 1854, and ordained by the same Presbytery
Nov. 5, 1856, being at the same time installed pastor of the
churches of Union and Brady's Bend, Pa., and was released
from the church at Union Nov. 13, 1866, and from the church
at Brady's Bend July 19, 1867. Previous to this double pastor-
ate he had served the First Church of Columbus, O., as
pastor's assistant from November 1855 to July 1856. He was
pastor of the First Church, Mansfield, O., from May 6, 1868
to March 24, 1874, and of the First Church of Indiana, Pa.,
from June 30, 1874, to June 19, 1900, a period of twenty-six
years. After this he resided at Annapolis Junction, Md. A
few weeks before his death he went to Aspinwall, la., for a
visit and died there Sept. 7, 1915, of bronchial pneumonia, in
the 88th year of his age. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery,
Indiana, Pa. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Washington and Jefferson College in 1870. He was a commis-
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sioner to the General Assembly at New Orleans in 1858. He
published several sermons and addresses.
He was married Dec. 2, 1856, in Butler, Pa., to Elizabeth
Walker, who with three sons and two daughters survives him.
WILLIAM JOHN JAMIESON, Ph.D.,
Son of Samuel and Sarah (Moffatt) Jamieson, was born
March 28, 1861, in Inverness, Quebec, Canada. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Inverness at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Inverness Academy. He was a student for a time
in the McGill and Morrin College, in affiliation with McGill
University, and later engaged in student mission work in
Canada. He graduated from the Presbyterian College in Mon-
treal in 1890. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Mon-
treal April 18, 1890, and ordained an evangelist by the Presby-
tery of Quebec Oct. 23, 1890. Having devoted himself to the
work of foreign missions, he was a missionary in India from
October 1890 to May 1898. Coming to this country in the
latter year he entered the Seminary at Princeton as a graduate
student, remaining one year. During the year following he
engaged in deputation mission work in Canada. He was pas-
tor of the Oil Springs and Oil City churches, Canada, from
1900 to 1906. He then went to Trinidad, British West Indies,
as a missionary and labored there from 1906 until his death,
which occurred Nov. 20, 191 5, in Princes Town, Trinidad, as
the result of an accident while riding on a motor bicycle, in
the 55th year of his age. He was buried in Paradise Cemetery,
San Fernando, Trinidad. He received the degree of Ph.D.
from Gale College, Wisconsin, in 1902. When in India he
was clerk of the Presbytery of Indove and at one time modera-
tor of the same. He was also moderator of the Tarnia Presby-
tery in Canada. He published a Presbyterian Manual of Forms,
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in Hindu, in Trinidad, 1908. He also wrote many articles for
the press on a trip around the world, on India, The East,
Brahmanism, Hinduism, etc.
He was married Nov. 21, 1893, in Bombay, India, to Winni-
frede Aletta Butler, who with two sons and two daughters
survives him.
INDEX
PAGE
Appleton, James Hervey 405
Baker, Lewis Carter 390
Bannerji, Indu Prakas 444
Beattie, James Anderson 434
Bergen, Paul David 431
Butler, Henry Edward 406
Chisolm, James Julius 426
Coe, Henry Isaac 388
Condict, Anton Hodenpyl 444
Cowan, John Fleming 399
Crane, Floyd Augustus 391
Dustan, John Francis 432
Edwards, William Henry 407
Elliott, James Calhoun 429
Erskine, James Samuel Edwin 436
Fahnestock, Alfred Hamilton 422
Foster, Daniel Requa 413
Gregory, Daniel Seely 398
Hall, David 445
Harries, John Edward 433
Howell, James William 435
Jamieson, William John 446
Jeffers, Eliakim Tupper 410
Jewell, Stanley Day 427
Kelso, Alexander Peebles 417
Kerr, Daniel 443
Langlotz, Karl Alexander Christian 423
Linton, Samuel Thomas 440
Little, Arthur 409
Little, James 392
Lower, Joseph Laney 393
Lowrie, Matthew Bonsall 415
McClellan, Charles Henry 416
McCuish, John Berridge 437
McDonald, James Smith 402
Mackintosh, David Charles 438
450 INDEX [I9l6
PAGE
McMullin, Charles Tabele 403
MacXair, Theodore Monroe 430
Manifold. Samuel Dougherty 441
Mann, Joseph William 424
Miller, Edward Rothesay 418
Moore, Henry McKnight 439
Myers. Alfred Edward 419
O'Brien, John Howard 421
Pabody. Ezra Fitch 404
Parry. Samuel 423
Scott, Aexander 395
Simes, Snyder Binns 411
Taylor, Charles Andrew 425
Teitsworth, William Persing 396
Thatcher, Charles Otis 414
Thomas, Welling Evan 428
Van Dyke, Joseph Smith 400
vorperian, mugurdich sarkis 443
Wall, Edward Barry 389
Wasson, Samuel Carson 440
Williamson, Albert Barnes 433
Wright, John Elliott 412
Zugg, Frank Richards 44^
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 8th, 1917
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
452 XECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
NOTICE
The new office of Editor of the Necrological Reports having been
created and the undersigned having been elected to that office, he
earnestly solicits the aid of all the Alumni of the Seminary in the
preparation of these Reports. When an alumnus dies, newspaper
notices, funeral or memorial sermons, and any other information will
be gratefully received. Let these be sent, as soon as possible after the
death of the person to whom they relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1917-1918
Rev. John McDowell, D.D., s'95-*96, President
Rev. Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., '90, Vice-President
Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91, Treasurer
Rev. Henry E. Cobb, D.D., '88 Additional Members
Rev. Charles L. Candee, D.D., '98 ^ of the
Rev. James S. Armentrout, '08 Executive Committee
I917] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 453
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 8, 1917.
The Alumni Association met for luncheon in Stuart Hall
at 12.30 p. m., with the President, the Rev. Wm. Henry-
Roberts, D.D., LL.D., '73, in the chair. A blessing was asked
by the Rev. Prof. Wm. Brenton Greene, Jr., '80. After
luncheon the Association was called to order for a business
session.
The Executive Committee recommended the election of the
following officers for the ensuing year, and they were duly
elected :
President — Rev. John McDowell, D.D., s'95-'96.
Vice-President — Rev. Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., '90.
Secretary — Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04.
Treasurer — Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91.
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
Henry E. Cobb, D.D. '88 ; Rev. Charles L. Candee, D.D., '98 ;
Rev. J. S. Armentrout, '08.
The Association offered a cordial vote of thanks to Rev.
Prof. Wm. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '80, for his long service
as Treasurer.
The following recommendations, offered by the Executive
Committee, were adopted :
First, That the arrangements, made by the Executive Com-
454 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
mittee through the President of the Association, for an Alumni
Dinner on May 21st, at the Hotel Adolphus, Dallas, Texas,
in connection with the General Assembly, be approved.
Second, That Alumni meetings be held in connection with
the meetings of the Synods where practicable.
Third, That the Association pledge itself to do all in its
power to assist in raising the additional endowment now sought
for the Seminary.
Fourth, That the following Alumni Committee on Endow-
ment be elected : Chairman, Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D.,
'91 ; Rev. John McDowell, D.D., s'95-'96 ; Rev. Lewis S.
Mudge, D.D., '95; Rev. Wm. L. McEwan, D.D., '85; Rev.
Wm. Henry Roberts, D.D., LL.D., '73; Rev. T. S. McWil-
liams, D.D., '89; Rev. F. H. Stevenson, '11; Rev. Alexander
Alison, Jr., '99, with additional members from St. Louis,
Denver and the Pacific Coast to be added by the President
and Secretary of the Association, in conference with the
President of the Seminary.
The Executive Committee reported the organization of a
branch Alumni Association, which is now more than a year
old, in Washington city; a branch Association in Baltimore,
and one in New York city, with prospects for the organization
of an Association in Pittsburgh in the near future.
The Treasurer presented his report, which was approved,
and is as follows:
Wm. Brenton Greene, Jr., in account with the Alumni Association
of Princeton Theological Seminary
Balance as per last Report $4-35
Interest for one year @ 5% 2I
On hand May 8, 1917 $4-56
William Brenton Greene, Jr., Treasurer.
A letter was read from Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D.,
LL.D., '65, expressing his regret at his inability to be present
at the Luncheon and to accept the invitation of the Association
191 7] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 455
to speak, together with his thanks for the message sent him
from the last Annual Meeting. The President of the Semi-
nary was instructed to send a cablegram, conveying the greet-
ings and good wishes of the Alumni, to Dr. Patton in Bermuda.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following : The Rev. Wm. Henry
Roberts, D.D., LL.D., '73, President of the Association; the
Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D., President of the Semi-
nary; the Rev. John McDowell, D.D., s'95-'o,6, President-
elect of the Association ; the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, D.D.,
LL.D., '66, for the Board of Directors; the Rev. Edward M.
Deems, D.D., for the class of '77; the Rev. Wm. R. Huston,
for the class of '87; the Rev. Wm. Porter Lee, D.D., for the
class of '92 ; the Rev. Robert Bonner Jack, for the class of
'97; the Rev. Theron Lee, for the class of '07.
Regrets were expressed that no representative of the fifty
year class, the class of '67, was present.
On motion the Association adjourned, and was dismissed
with the benediction, pronounced by the Rev. Jacob B.
Krewson, '69.
Harold McA. Robinson,
Secretary.
456 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [l9I7
abstract of the
Necrological Report
FOR 1917
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1917, contains notices
of forty-four former students of the Seminary. Two of these should
have been included in last year's Report, but the fact of their death did
not come to the attention of the Editor in time.
Of the forty-four the oldest was the Rev. David Tully, D.D., who
died at the age of ninety-eight years and one month. Another had
passed his ninetieth year, the Rev. Joseph K. Wight, who was ninety-
two years and eleven months old at his death. Nine others had passed
their eightieth year, sixteen their seventieth, and two their sixtieth.
The youngest died at the age of thirty-three years and eight months.
The average age of forty-three of them (data as to the forty-fourth
could not be obtained) was sixty-nine years and six months. The
average confessional age was sixteen years and nine months.
1917]
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
457
ALUMNI
CLASS
1848. Joseph Kingsbury Wight
1850. David Tully, D.D.
1852. Robert Price, Di.D.
1855. Horace Graham Hinsdale, D.D.
1856. Robert Christy Galbraith, D.D.
1859. John Darroch
John Marshall Willoughby Farnham,
DeWitt Clinton Taylor
1861. Charles Edward Hart, D.D.
George Washington Hays
Andrew Watson, D.D., LL.D.
1862. Enoch Clarke Cline
1863. Edward Cornelius Ewing
1866. Thomas Hann Cleland, D.D.
Salathiel Milton Irwin
John Sommerville Lochead
1867. George Arnot Beattie, D'.D.
1868. George Craig
1870. Lyman Darrow Calkins, D.D.
1872. James David Moffat, D.D., LL.D.
1873. John Quincy Adams Fullerton
1875. Egbert Charles Lawrence, Ph.D.
John Alexander McAlmon
John Campbell Oliver
1877. Robert Boyd, D.D.
1885. Julius Adolphus Herold
1881. William Gilbert McDill Hays, D.D.
1883. Irwin Pounds MoCurdy, D.D., LL.D.
1884. William Walker
1885. Julius Adolphus Herold
1886. John Jay Ralston
1887. Charles Chalmers Hoffmeister
Henry Addison Mullen, D.D.
1889. Charles Andrews Killie
S1890. David Howell, D.D.
1891. Mark Brown Grier
1893. Paul Frederic Gabriel Bettex
1895. William McDougald Jack, Ph.D.
1896. Chauncey Byron Magill
DIED
Jan.
12,
1917
Oct.
4,
1916
Dec.
17,
1916
Feb.
9,
191 7
Nov.
1 8,
1916
Sept.
17,
1916
D.D. Feb.
16,
1917
Jan.
IS,
1916
Dec.
15,
1916
June
7,
1916
Dec.
9,
1916
Aug.
20,
1916
Nov.
5,
1916
Aug.
26,
1916
March
30,
1916
Nov.
5,
1916
Sept.
6,
1916
April
22,
1916
Feb.
18,
19 1 7
Nov.
4,
1916
April
18,
1916
June
10,
1916
June
5,
1916
Sept,
14,
1916
March
18,
1917
Aug.
15,
1916
Aug.
16,
1916
Dec.
26,
1916
April
26,
1916
Aug.
IS.
1916
Jan.
4,
1917
Sept.
20,
1916
Sept.
13,
1916
July
16,
1916
May
28,
1916
Jan.
13,
1917
July
28,
1916
Jan.
2 > 1
917
June
25,
1916
458 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
CLASS
1897. Joseph Gaston Symmes
1902. John MacLaren Richardson
1904. William Beckering
1909. John Ursinus Niehoff
1913. ZuNG-ZlANG KWAY
GRADUATE STUDENT
1879-1880. Samuel Graham Wilson, D.D. July 2, 1916
DIED
April 5,
1916
Jan. 4,
1917
Oct. 11,
1915
Aug. 22,
1916
Unknown
1917] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 459
ALUMNI
JOSEPH KINGSBURY WIGHT,
Son of Daniel and Roxanna (Kingsbury) Wight, was born
Feb. 9, 1824, in Jewett City, Conn. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the church connected with Williams
College at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued at Troy, N. Y., and for one year under Ashbel Foote
in Williamstown, Mass., and he graduated from Williams Col-
lege in 1843. He then spent a year as colporteur in Georgia
under the American Tract Society. He entered the Columbia
Theological Seminary, South Carolina, in 1844, remaining a
year, and entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1845, taking
the full three years course there and graduating in 1848. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Troy, June 9, 1847, anc ^
ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, Aug. 23, 1848.
He then went to China as a missionary and was stationed at
Ningpo for one year. He labored in Shanghai from 1850
to 1854, when he came to this country and visited churches in
the United States in the interest of foreign missions. After
a year he returned to China and was stationed again at
Shanghai from 1856 to 1857, when ill health caused his return
to America. He was stated supply of the Second Church of
Troy, N. Y., from July 1858 to May 1859, and supplied the
Ellessdie chapel, New Hamburg, N. Y., from May 1859 to
the fall of 1897. During this time he supplied in the winter
time the church of Crescent City, Fla., 1883-84 and 1884-85;
the church at Satsuma Heights, Fla., 1885-86, and 1886-87,
and the church at Green Cove Springs, Fla., 1888-1911. He
died Jan. 12, 1917, in New Hamburg, N. Y., from the effects
460 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
of a stroke of paralysis six years previous, in the 93rd year of
his age. He was buried in Troy, N. Y. He was stated
clerk of the Presbytery of East Florida from 1890 to 1895.
He published a History of the Presbytery of North River, a
History of the Presbytery of East Florida, Reminiscences of
Fifty Years in the Ministry, Brief Memorial of My Two
Missionary Children, Rev. Calvin Wight and his sister Fannie
E. Wight, The Beginning of Things in Nature and in Grace,
and also contributed articles to the Princeton Review and the
Presbyterian and the New York Evangelist.
He was married Aug. 16, 1848, in Kingston, N. J., to Eliza-
beth Neil Van Dyke who died Jan. 22, 1882. Three sons, one
of them being the Rev. Edward Van Dyke Wight, D.D., of
the class of 1895 of Princeton Seminary, and five daughters
survive him.
DAVID TULLY, D.D.,
Son of Andrew and Catherine (Dickie) Tully, was born Aug.
29, 1818, in Birgham, Scotland. He made a public confession
of his faith in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church of Peter-
boro, Ont., Canada, at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued at Peterboro under the Rev. Mr. Wil-
liamson and in the public schools of the same place. He spent
three years in Lafayette College, 1843-46, and his senior year
in Union College, from which he graduated in 1847. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he
took the full three years course there, graduating in 1850. He
was licensed by the Second Presbytery of New York, April
18, 1849, an( l ordained by the Presbytery of Albany, June 13,
1850, being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
Princetown, N. Y., from which he was released Oct. 23, 1855.
He was pastor of the church of Ballston Spa, N. Y., from
Oct. 23, 1855, to Oct. 31, 1866. During this time he served
as chaplain in the U. S. A., from November 1861 to July 1862.
I917] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 461
He was pastor of the First Church of Belvidere, N. J. } from
Nov. 29, 1866, to June 3, 1872; pastor of the First Church
of Oswego, N. Y., from June 16, 1872, to Sept, 21, 1886, and
pastor of the church at Media, Pa., from Oct. 11, 1886, to
Dec. 31, 1901, and after this pastor emeritus of the same
church, continuing his residence in Media, Pa. He continued
in the active work of the ministry up until the time of his
death, engaged in assisting weak congregations and organizing
new churches, among these being the church at Sharon Hill,
Pa., and that at Highland Park, Pa. He died Oct. 4, 1916,
in Springfield, Pa., of acute indigestion, in the 99th year of
his age. He was buried in Utica, N. Y. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from King College, Tennessee, in
1883. He was nine times a member of the General Assembly
and represented the Assembly at the first General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church of Canada in 1870. He was chaplain
of the G. A. R. Post of Media, Pa., and a member of the
Loyal Legion Commandery of Pennsylvania.
He was married May 22, 1850, in Utica, N. Y., to Margaret
Kelly who died Dec. 18, 1886. He is survived by a grand-
daughter.
ROBERT PRICE, D.D.,
Son of Llewellyn and Jane (Miller) Price, was born Jan. 16,
1830, in Claiborne County, Miss. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Bethel Presbyterian Church, Miss-
issippi, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Preparatory School of Oakland College, Missis-
sippi, and he graduated from Oakland College in 1849. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year
he took the full three years course there, graduating in 1852.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Mississippi, July 11,
1852, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Dec. 13, 1852,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at
462 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [19*7
Rodney, Miss., from which he was released Oct. 12, 1865.
During this pastorate he was professor of History and English
Literature in Oakland College, from i860 to 1861. He sup-
plied the church at Port Gibson, Miss., from 1863 until in-
stalled its pastor, Nov. 5, 1865, and was released from this
charge Oct. 14, 1870. He was pastor of the church at Vicks-
burg, Miss., from Nov. 27, 1870, to Aug. 31, 1882. He was
professor of History and English Literature in the South-
western Presbyterian University from 1882 to 1885, and pro-
fessor of General and Ecclesiastical History in the same
university from 1885 to 191 2, when he was made professor
emeritus. He continued his residence in Clarksville, Tenn.,
from this time until his death there, Dec. 17, 1916, of old age,
in his 87th year. He was buried in Clarksville, Tenn. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of
Mississippi in 1875. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery
of Mississippi from 1855 to i860, again from 1865 to 1870,
and was many times a commissioner to the General Assembly.
He was vice-chancellor of Southwestern Presbyterian Univer-
sity several years. He published a number of sermons, lec-
tures and review articles.
He was married May 19, 1852, in Newark, N. J., to Mary
Rebecca Black who died July 11, 1901. Two sons and three
daughters survive him.
HORACE GRAHAM HINSDALE, D.D.,
Son of Horace Seymour and Lucina Campbell (Graham)
Hinsdale, was born July 4, 1831, in New York City. He
made a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of Brooklyn at the age of seventeen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in New York City under the Rev. John
J. Owen, D.D., and in Brooklyn under Josiah Lasell, and he
graduated from Princeton University in 1852. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the
I917] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 463
full three years course there, graduating in 1855. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New York, April 18, 1855, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Nassau, Nov. 20, 1855, being
at the sime time installed pastor of the church at Oyster Bay,
N. Y., and was released from this charge April 20, 1858. He
was pastor of the Second Church of Germantown, Pa., from
Oct. 6, 1858, to Apr. 22, 1862; of the First Church, Bridgeport,
Conn., from Oct. 28, 1862, to Oct. 3, 1877, and of the First
Church of Princeton, N. J., from Nov. 2, 1877, to Sept. 17,
1895. After this he took up his residence in Lakewood, N. J.
He supplied the Hope Church of Lakewood from June 1897
to June 1905, and the church at Holmanville, N. J., from
November 1906 to June 1907. He died in Lakewood, N. J.,
Feb. 9, 1 91 7, of bronchial pneumonia in the 86th year of his
age. He was buried in Bridgeport, Conn. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Omaha in
1893. He was twice elected to the professorship of Sacred
Rhetoric in the Theological Department of Lincoln University,
but declined. He published a number of sermons and ad-
dresses, including a Historical Discourse on the First Presby-
terian Church of Princeton, N. J., 1755 to 1886, and the His-
torical Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Bridgeport, Conn., 1903.
He was married Oct. 23, 1862, in North Madison, Conn., to
Charlotte Elouisa Howe, who died July 28, 1900. Two
daughters survive him.
ROBERT CHRISTY GALBRAITH, D.D.,
Son of Robert Christy and Martha (Johnson) Galbraith, was
born Nov. 30, 1833, in Frankfort, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Concord, O., Presbyterian church
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Salem Academy, O., and he spent his freshman
year in Hanover College, Indiana, going then to Miami Uni-
464 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ IQIJ
versity, from which he graduated in 1853 with the Phi Beta
Kappa honor. Coming to the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year he remained one year. He spent the
next year in the New Albany (now McCormick) Seminary
and then studied theology one year privately. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, April 17, 1856, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Columbus, June 10, 1857. He supplied
the church at Lancaster, O., from November 1856 until in-
stalled its pastor, June 10, 1857. He was released from this
charge in October 1862. He supplied the churches of Frank-
fort 2 Concord and Greenland, O., from 1862 to 1864; was
pastor of the church at Concord from June 18, 1864, to May
2, 1 87 1. He continued as supply of the churches at Frank-
fort and Greenfield from 1864 to 1880. He was pastor of the
Third Church of Chillicothe, O., from July 7, 1881, to May
24, 1898, at which time he gave up the active work of the
ministry. He continued his residence in Chillicothe until his
death there, Nov. 18, 1916, after an illness of less than a week,
of pneumonia, within two weeks of the completion of his
83rd year. He was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Chilli-
cothe. He was a member of the City Board of Education of
Chillicothe, and of the City and County Board of Examiners
for Teachers. He was chaplain of the Ohio State Reform
Farm from 1858 to 1864, and of the Third Brigade of the First
Division of Ohio Volunteers for a short time at the beginning
of the Civil War. He published a History of the Chillicothe
Presbytery, 1799-1889, in 1S89; Sermons on Revision of the
Confession of Faith and Infant Salvation, 1890; also a History
of the Concord Church and of the Union Church, Ohio, as
well as numerous sermons and articles in newspapers. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Parsons College,
Iowa, in 1885.
He was married June 11, 1856, in Dayton, O., to Margaret
I917] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 465
Lapham Pugsley who died July 24, 1912. Three sons survive
him.
JOHN DAREOCH,
Son of Neil and Catherine (Buie) Darroch, was born Jan. 1,
1829, in Argyllshire, Scotland. Coming to this country in
his early youth, he made a public confession of his faith in
the Presbyterian church of Fayetteville, N. C, at the age of
seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Donaldson Academy of Fayetteville and he graduated from
Princeton University in 1854. He then spent two years teach-
ing in the Marion District of S. C. He took the first year of
his theological course in the Columbia Seminary, S. C, 1856-57.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the latter year he com-
pleted his course there, graduating in 1859. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Feb. 1, 1859, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Luzerne, Nov. 15, 1859, being
at the same time installed pastor of the church at Weatherly,
Pa. He was released from this charge June 2.J, 1861. Pie
was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lochiel, Canada,
from 1861 to 1865. He spent the following year as a student
in the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He was pastor of
the church at Portree, Scotland, 1867-93; stated supply of the
North Parish Church of Greenock, Scotland, from March to
December, 1894; stated supply of the church at Sutherland-
shire, Scotland, from September to October, 1897; chaplain
at Fort George and stated supply of the church at Sleat, Skye,
Scotland, during part of 1900 and stated supply of the church
at Campbelltown, Scotland, during part of 1901. After this
he resided in Sandbank, near Greenock, Scotland, in Pit-
lochry, Perthshire, from 19 10 to 1914, and in Kilmichael,
Glassary, from 1914 until his death, Sept. 17, 1916, at "Leven-
wick," Levenhall, Musselburgh, Scotland, in the 88th year of
466 NECROLOGICAL RErORT [l9I7
his age. He was buried at Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
He published a few sermons and articles for magazines.
He was married Nov. 2, 1871, in Kilmartin, Scotland, to
Mary Jessie Jackson who died Sept. 20, 1876. Two sons and
one daughter survive him.
JOHN MARSHALL WILLOUGHBY FARNHAM, D.D.,
Son of Matthew and Mehitabel (Keggan) Farnham, was
born Sept. 30, 1829, in West Lebanon, Me. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Freewill Baptist Church
of West Lebanon at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the South Berwick Academy, in the
West Lebanon Academy and in the North Parsonfield Semi-
nary of Maine, and he graduated from Union College in 1856.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year he took the full three years course there, graduating in
1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Albany May 1,
1858, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery
May 3, 1859. Soon after he sailed as a missionary to China
and was stationed in Shanghai. He supplied the Shanghai
church from 1865 to 1867, was its pastor from that time until
1871 and again its stated supply from 1871 to 1884. He was
superintendent of the Boys School in Shanghai from i860
to 1885. He was in the United States on furlough from 1872
to 1874 and again from 1882 to 1884, On his return he be-
came pastor of the Second Church of Shanghai, continuing
such until 1888. After this he was pastor of the Third Church
of Shanghai from 1888 to 1894. After this he continued in
Shanghai doing evangelistic work and died there Feb. 16,
191 7, of old age and heart failure in the 88th year of his age.
He was buried in Shanghai. He received the honorary de-
gree of D.D. from Union College and from Hillsdale College,
Michigan, in 1879. He was a member of the committee ap-
I9 X 7] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 467
pointed by the American Bible Society to translate the Bible
into the Shanghai colloquial language. He was superintendent
of the mission press at Shanghai and was -corresponding sec-
retary until his death of the Chinese Religious Tract Society
and superintendent of its mission work. He published Home-
ward; or Travels in the Holy Land, China, India, Egypt
and Europe, 1879; The Word for Life in the Chinese Lang-
uage, 1893; Genealogy of the Farnham Family, 1886, second
edition, 1889; and in Chinese: Primer; Chinese First Reader;
Natural Philosophy; Elementary Zoology; Elements of Draw-
ing; Bible Reader; Bible Cyclopaedia; and Bible Dictionary.
He was editor of the Childs paper in Chinese ; of the Chinese
Illustrated News, and the Temperance Union.
He was married May 4, 1859, in Schenectady, N. Y., to
Mary Jane Scott who died Feb. 21, 1913. One daughter
survives him.
DEWITT CLINTON TAYLOR,
Son of William Bird and Laetitia Davis (Siddons) Taylor,
was born Sept. 22, 1835, in Minaville, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Tenth Baptist Church of Phila-
delphia, Pa., at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Central High School of Philadelphia and
he was a student for one year, 1855-56, in the University at
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of 1856, remaining only four months. He
received a temporary license to preach from the Tenth Bap-
tist Church of Philadelphia, but having abandoned his intention
to enter the ministry, he engaged in business in New York
City and in Brooklyn during the years 1863-92. After this he
resided in Tyrone, Pa., engaged in writing and study from
1892 until his death there, Jan. 15, 1916, of pneumonia, in
the 8 1st year of his age. He was buried in the "Dysart Family
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Cemetery" at Tipton, Pa. He received the degrees of A.B.
and A.M. from the Central High School of Philadelphia. He
was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, of the New
York Gold Exchange and the New York Consolidated Ex-
change. He was active in the Sunday School work of the
Baptist Church. He published Jesus Christ Himself, the
Sample, Source and Substance of Salvation, 1893; The Faith
of Jesus Christ, 1894; Our Fall in Adam and our Greater
Rise in Jesus Christ, 1895 ; Jesus Christ Himself Was Saved,
1897, and The Morals of Mortality, 1906.
He was married June 15, 1858, in Tipton, Pa., to Eliza Bell
Dysart who survives him.
CHARLES EDWARD HART, D.D.,
Son of Walter Ward and Sarah (Bennett) Hart, was born
Feb. 28, 1838, in Freehold, N. J. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Phila-
delphia at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Philadelphia High School, under John S. Hart,
LL.D., and in the Freehold Institute, N. J., under Oliver R.
Willis, and he graduated from Princeton University in 1858.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year he took the full three years course there, graduating in
1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York, Oct.
10, i860, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Dec. 6, 1863.
He supplied the Fortieth Street Mission of New York from
1861 until it was organized into a church, and he was made its
pastor, Dec. 6, 1863. He continued in this charge until May
7, 1866. He was pastor of the North Reformed church of
Newark, N. J., from 1866 until 1880. He was then called to
the chair of English Literature in Rutgers College and con-
tinued teaching in this chair until 1897. From this time until
1906 he was professor of Ethics, the Evidences of Christianity
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and the English Bible in Rutgers College. He retired from
this chair in 1906, being made professor emeritus, and con-
tinued his residence in New Brunswick, N. J., until his death,
Dec. 15, 1916, of pneumonia, after an illness of four days,
in the 79th year of his age. He was buried in the Elmwood
Cemetery, New Brunswick. He received the honorary regree
of D.D. from Rutgers College in 1880. He was a delegate
to the first Pan-Presbyterian Council in Edinburgh, and was
president of the Board of Managers of the Children's Home
of New Jersey. He published a number of sermons and re-
views as well as a paper on the Scope and Function of Rhe-
toric, for the Middle States College Association.
He was married June 19, 1884, in New Brunswick, N. J.,
to Lucy Helena Carpender who survives him.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HAYS,
Son of Charles and Mary Blair (Walker) Hays, was born
June 8, 1837, in Macomb, 111. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Macomb at the age
of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Macomb Presbyterial Academy under W. F. Ferguson and
W. K. Stewart, and he graduated from McDonough College,
Macomb, 111., in 1856. He then engaged in the study of law
and was licensed to practice in the summer of 1858. Upon his
conversion he gave up the practice of law and decided to enter
the ministry, coming to Princeton in the fall of 1858, remain-
ing one year. He took the last two years of his theological
course in McCormick Seminary from which he graduated in
1861. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Schuyler, April
13, i860, and ordained by the Presbytery of Chicago, May 10,
1864. He resided in McComb, 111., from 1861 to 1863, supply-
ing the church at Onaya, 111., for a time in 1861, and was stated
supply of the church at Aurora, 111., from November 1863
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until installed its pastor, May 10, 1864. He was released
from his charge April 16, 1868. He was stated supply of the
churches of Carrollton and Washington, O., from July 1868
to May 1871 ; of the church at Salina, Kan., from July 1871
to March 1873, and of the church at Winfield, la., from May
1874 until installed its pastor, May 10, 1875, being released
from this charge in the spring of 1878. He was pastor of
the church at Crawfordsville, la., from May 1, 1878, to Nov.
16, 1880; stated supply of the churches at Princeton and Le
Claire, la., from June 1881 to June 1882; stated supply of the
churches at La Porte and Cedar Valley, la., from June 1882 to
June 1885; stated supply of the church at Two Rocks, Cal.,
from July 1885 to October 1896, and stated supply of the
churches at Bodya and Valley Ford, Cal., from 1896 to 1903.
Giving up the active work of the ministry at this time he
resided in Petaluma, Cal., until 191 1, and in Berkeley, Cal.,
from 191 1 until his death, June 7, 1916, in Berkeley, of arterio-
sclerosis, in the 80th year of his age. He was buried in
Petaluma. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly
at Cincinnati in 1867, and at Winona Lake in 1897.
He was twice married: (1) March 16, 1865, in Aurora,
111., to Elizabeth Hanna who died April 10, 1866; (2) July
13, 1869, in West Carrollton, O., to Harriet Isabella Pease who
died March 25, 1909. Two sons and four daughters by his
second wife survive him.
ANDEEW WATSON, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Andrew and Catherine (Rodger) Watson, was born
Feb. 15, 1834, in Oliverburn, Perthshire, Scotland. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Associate Reformed
church of Lisbon, Wis., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Waukesha, Wis., under the Rev.
John Savage, and he graduated from Carroll College, Wau-
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kesha, in 1857. During the next year he was a tutor in Car-
roll College. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1858,
remaining one year, and then took a second year in the U. P.
Seminary at Allegheny. During the year 1860-61 he studied
medicine in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia.
He was licensed by the U. P. Presbytery of Allegheny, May
14, i860, and ordained an evangelist by the U. P. Presbytery
of Monmouth, May 15, 1861, having devoted himself to the
work of foreign missions. He sailed for Egypt Sept. 28, 1861,
and began his missionary labors in Alexandria, where he re-
mained until the spring of 1867. At this time he suffered an
attack of ophthalmia and came to America, remaining until
September 1868. Returning to Egypt in the autumn of 1869
he was stationed at Monsurah and remained there until April
J 873, when he went to Cairo which continued to be the scene
of his labors until his death. He was elected professor of
Systematic Theology in the missionary school of the United
Presbyterian Church in Cairo in 1870 and for twenty-five
years was the head of this institution. After an illness of
ten days he died, Dec. 9, 1916, in Cairo, of heart disease, in
the 83rd year of his age. He was buried in Cairo. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Franklin College
in 1875 and that of LL.D. from Westminster College, Penn-
sylvania, in 191 1. He was a moderator of the U. P. General
Assembly at Buffalo in 1890, and represented Egypt at the
Edinburgh Conference in 1910. He published the American
Mission in Egypt, 1864-1896, in 1897, an d made numerous
contributions to the papers upon educational work among
Mohammedans, and was the editor of a weekly church paper
in Arabic from 1892 to 1907. He also published a pamphlet
on Slavery in Arabic. For three years he was blind and
during that time by conversing with his teacher in Arabic
he became "the best Arabic scholar in Africa."
He was married July 10, 1861, in Waukesha, Wis., to Mar-
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garet McVicar, who with one son, the Rev. Charles R. Watson,
D.D., a graduate of Princeton Seminary in the class of 1899,
survives him.
ENOCH CLARKE CLINE,
Son of Jacob and Ann (Traill) Cline, was born Jan. 3, 1835,
in Union Town, N. J. He made a public confession of his faith
in the Presbyterian church at Harmony, N. J., at the age of
twenty. His preparatory studies were pursued in Stewarts-
ville, N. J., and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1857.
He spent the next two years in teaching and in the study of
law. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1859, taking
the full three years course and graduating in 1862. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Newton, April 8, 1862, and
ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery, July 7, 1863.
He supplied the church at Doe Run, Pa., from 1862 to 1863.
He served as chaplain in the U. S. Army from September
1863 to June 1865. He supplied the church at Oxford, N. J.,
from July 1865 until installed its pastor, Jan. 31, 1866. This
relation was dissolved Dec. 31, 1886. His only other pastorate
was that of the Westminster Church, Phillipsburg, N. J., from
Jan. 25, 1887, to April 5, 1903. Upon being released from this
charge, he was made pastor emeritus and continued his resir
dence in Phillipsburg until his death, Aug. 20, 1916, in Phillips-
burg, in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in Easton,
Pa. For some years previous to his death he was afflicted
with almost total blindness. He was stated clerk of the
Presbytery of Newton for forty-five years, 1870-1915. For
many years he was chaplain of the James McDavitt Post of
the G. A. R. He was for some years a director of the Blair
Academy and founded the Westminster Church of Phillips-
burg, of which he was pastor.
He was married Oct. 24, 1865, at Belvidere, N. J., to Mary
H. Hutchinson who died Aug. 7, 1916. One son survives him.
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EDWARD CORNELIUS EWING,
Son of George Clinton and Lydia Ann (Stillwell) Ewing,
was born Dec. 20, 1837, in Walpole, N. H. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Congregational Church of
Holyoke, Mass., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Northfield Institute and he graduated
from Amherst College in 1859. He then spent a year in
business with his father in Philadelphia. He was a student
in the Bangor Theological Seminary from i860 to 1862. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the latter year as a senior,
he completed his course there, graduating in 1863. He was
licensed by the Penobscot Association of Congregational
Ministers, in July, 1863, and ordained by a Congregational
Council at Ashfield, Mass., Nov. 5, 1863, being at the same
time installed pastor of the Congregational church of Ash-
field, Mass., from which he was released April 30, 1867. After
this he served the following Congregational churches : Enfield,
Mass., as pastor from October 1867 to October 1883; the
Maple Street Church of Danvers, Mass., as pastor from
November 1883 to November 1899, and a church at New
Castle, N. H., as supply from 1903 to 1908. He resided in
Roxbury, Mass., from 1908 to 191 1, and in West Roxbury
from 191 1 until his death, Nov. 5, 1916, in West Roxbury, of
arterio-sclerosis after a brief illness, in the 79th year of his
age. He was buried in Danvers, Mass.
He was married Oct. 13, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary
Louisa Alvord, who with four sons survives him.
THOMAS HANN CLELAND,
Son of John Walton and Emily Maudeville (Taylor) Cleland,
was born March 31, 1843, in Mortonsville, Ky. He made a
public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church
of Midway, Ky., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory
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studies were pursued in Midway under H. P. Willard, and in
Louisville, Ky., under the Rev. Stuart Robinson, D. D., and
he graduated from Centre College, Ky., in 1863. He then
spent two years in the Danville Theological Seminary, enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton as a senior and graduating in
1866. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Transylvania,
April 15, 1865, and ordained by the Presbytery of Missouri
River, April 28, 1867. He supplied the church at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, from Aug. 12, 1866, until installed its pastor,
April 28, 1867. This relation was dissolved July 2, 1882. He
was pastor of the Westminster Church, Keokuk, Iowa, from
Sept. 27, 1882, to Jan. 22, 1888; pastor of the Calvary Church,
Springfield, Mo., from Feb. 10, 1888, to June 1, 1894, and
pastor of the First Church of Duluth, Minn., from June 13,
1894, to Oct. 31, 1906. During the next two years he labored
as district secretary of the American Tract Society with his
headquarters at Chicago. He was pastor of the Third Church
of New Albany, Ind., from Sept. 1, 1908, to Jan. 3, 1913;
stated supply of the Rosedale Church, Minneapolis, Minn.,
during a part of 1913, and pastor of the Knox Church, Minne-
apolis, from Dec. 14, 1913, until his death, which occurred
Aug. 26, 191 6, in Minneapolis, of apoplexy in the 74th year
of his age. He was buried in Danville, Ky. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from the College of Wooster in 1882.
He was moderator of the Synod of Iowa in 1880, of the Synod
of Missouri in 1882, and of the Synod of Minnesota in 1903
and 1904. He was a charter member of the Board of Aid for
Colleges and Academies ; was twice a member of the Pan-
Presbyterian Council; was a director of the McCormick
Theological Seminary from 1881 until his death, and president
of the Board of Directors of the same from 1884 to 1888;
was a trustee of Macalester College, of Parsons College, of
Park College, of Highland University, of the Corning and
Duluth Academies and of the Carthage Collegiate Institute.
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He was conspicuous in the establishment of the Presbyterian
Church west of the Missouri River, working in this connection
with the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D. He published several
sermons and pamphlets.
He was married Oct. 24, 1866, in Danville, Ky., to Louisa
Mitchell who died May 6, 191 1. Three sons and one daughter
survive him.
SALATHIEL MILTON IRWIN,
Son of William Seth and Sally (McMunn) Irwin, was born
Nov. 23, 1836, in South Salem, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of South Salem
at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the South Salem Academy, Ohio, and he graduated from
Hanover College, Indiana, in 1861. He then engaged in
teaching for two years in the Hanover High School. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in 1863 he took the full three
years course there, graduating in 1866. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Chillicothe, June 6, 1865, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of South West Missouri, Nov.
25, 1866. He was stated supply of the church at Little Osage,
Mo., from July 1866 to July 1867; stated supply of the church
at Geneva, Kan., from September 1867 to October 1873, en-
gaging also in teaching during this time. He became pastor
of this church Oct. 1, 1873, and continued such until Sept.
15, 1907. During these years he supplied for a part of his
time the following churches: Neosho Falls, Kan., 1867-70,
1876-78, 1882-85, 1892-95, 1905-07; Ozark and Fairview,
Kan., 1874-76; Liberty, Kan., 1871-92, 1897-07; Le Roy, Kan.,
1872-82, 1887-90; Carlyle, Kan., 1882-85. After his pastoral
relation with the church at Geneva was dissolved he continued
supplying this church until his death, March 30, 1916, in
Geneva, of a valvular affection of the heart in the 80th year
of his age. He was buried in Geneva.
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He was married July 2$, 1867, in Washington, Mo., to
Louisa Ann Hackman who died Dec. 22, 1910. Four sons
and two daughters survive him.
JOHN SOMMERVILLE LOGHEAD,
Son of William and Anna (Cameron) Lochead, was born Jan.
22, 1837, in Cherry Valley, N. Y. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Chalmers Presbyterian Church of Kingston,
Ont, Canada, at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the Kemptville Grammar School un-
der John Fraser, and he graduated from Queen's College,
Kingston, Canada, in 1861. He then spent two years in teach-
ing. He took the first two years of his theological course in
the Theological Department of Queen's University, Canada,
1863-65. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the latter
year as a senior he remained one year, graduating in 1866.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Niagara, June 13, 1866,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Glengarry, Canada, Sept.
16, 1866, being at the same time installed pastor of the church
at Matilda, Canada, from which he was released Oct. 2y, 1868.
After this he served the following churches in Canada as
pastor: Elgin from Nov. 12, 1868, to Jan. 28, 1876; Yalleyfield
from Jan. 10, 1876, to March 10, 1878; Hullet and Londes-
borough from March 16, 1878, to April 26, 1884; Parkhill
from May 7, 1885, to Sept. 19, 1893, and Xorth Gower and
Wellington from Oct. 17, 1893, to Sept. 27, 1903. Later he
supplied the church at West Missouri, Canada, for three
months in 1904, and the church at Massey Station, Canada,
from January to April 1905, at which time he retired from
the active ministry and resided in London, Ont., Canada, until
his death there, Nov. 5, 1906, in St. Joseph's Hospital of
strangulated hernia, in the 80th year of his age. He was
buried in Parkhill, Ont., Canada.
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He was married Jan. 31, 1867, in Kingston, Canada, to Mar-
garet Honeyman who died May 15, 1907. Two sons and two
daughters survive him.
GEORGE ARNOT BEATTIE, D.D.,
Son of Daniel and Margaret (Arnot) Beattie, was born Jan.
3, 1843, m Hebron, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the First United Presbyterian Church of Xenia, Ohio,
at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the academy at West Hebron, N. Y., and the academy
at Cambridge, N. Y., and he graduated from Union College in
1863. He spent the next eighteen months in teaching and in
service in the U. S. Army. He took the first year of his theo-
logical course in the United Presbyterian Seminary at Xenia,
O., and entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1866 as a
senior, remaining one year and graduating in 1867. He was
licensed by the First U. P. Presbytery of Ohio, April 3, 1866,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Dayton (N. S.) May 4,
1869. He supplied the church at New Carlisle, O., from No-
vember 1867 until installed its pastor, May 4, 1869. This re-
lation was dissolved July 1, 1871. He was stated supply of the
church at Muncie, Ind., 1871-78; stated supply of the Second
Church of Newark, O., from 1878 until installed its pastor,
May 13, 1879, and was released from this charge June 27, 1880.
From July 1880 to June 1886 he was pastor of the church at
Sedalia, Mo. During this pastorate he was president of the
Sedalia University for two years, 1882-84. He was pastor of
the First Church of Lansing, Mich., from July 1886 to Oc-
tober 1888. After this he served the following churches as
stated supply: Dayton, Riverdale and Bellbrook, O., 1888-
90; Rushville, Ind., 1890-97; Bellbrook, O., 1897-1900; Nor-
wood, O., 1900-01, and Blue Ball, O., 1901-04. During the
last pastorate he resided in Middletown, O. After this he took
up his residence in Atlanta, Ga., supplying churches most of
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the time until his death, which occurred Sept. 6, 19 16, in At-
lanta, of Bright's disease, in the 74th year of his age. He was
buried in New Carlisle, O. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Union College in 19 13. During his seminary course
in Princeton he supplied the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian
Church.
He was married three times: (1) March 25, 1869, in New
Carlisle, O., to Lida M. Smith, who died Feb. 3, 1887; (2)
Nov. 14, 1889, in Dayton, O., to Minnie H. Lee, who died May
1, 1897; (3) Feb. 16, 1898, in Springfield, O., to Maude Smith,
who with four sons by his second wife and one by his third
survives him.
GEORGE CRAIG,
Son of Thomas and Mary (Martin) Craig, was born Dec. 6,
1840, in Lisbon, N. Y. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Ogdensburg, N. Y., at the
age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Ogdensburg Academy, in the Gouverneur Academy and in the
Canton Institute, all in the State of New York, and he grad-
uated from Hamilton College in 1865. Entering the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of the same year, he took the full three
years course there, graduating in 1868. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Ogdensburg in September 1867, and ordained
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Albany, Oct. 14, 1868. He
served the churches of Luzerne and Corinth, N. Y., as pastor
elect from 1868 to 1871 ; was stated supply of the churches of
Conklingville and Dey Centre, N. Y., from 1871 to 1874; of
the church at Chili, N. Y., from 1874 to 1877, and of the
church of Westernville, N. Y., from 1877 until installed its
pastor in October 1878. This relation was dissolved Oct. 19,
1882. He was stated supply of the church at Ossian, N. Y.,
from 1882 to 1884; of the church of Reed's Corner, N. Y.,
from 1884 to 1886, and of the church of Port Austin, Mich.,
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from 1886 to 1888. After this he resided in Corinth, N. Y.,
until his death, Apr. 22, 1916, in Corinth, of heart disease, in
the 76th year of his age. He was buried in Corinth.
He was married Jan. 19, 1876, in Corinth, N. Y., to Emma
Houghton, who with one son and two daughters survives him.
LYMAN DARROW CALKINS, D.D.,
Son of Daniel Osbert and Lydia (Clark) Calkins, was born
Jan. 13, 1845, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Bedford Congregational Church of
Brooklyn at the age of thirteen. He pursued his preparatory
studies in Brooklyn under his uncle, Alonzo Calkins, M.D.,
and graduated from Williams College in 1867. He took the
first year of his theological course in Union Seminary, New
York, 1867-68, entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1868
and graduating therefrom in 1870. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Nassau (O.S.) April 13, 1870, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Northumberland, Nov. 21, 1871, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church at Muncy, Pa.
He was released from this charge Nov. 16, 1873. He was
pastor of the Park Street Congregational Church, Springfield,
Mass., from Dec. 10, 1873, to May 6, 1883 ; stated supply of
the Presbyterian church of South Salem, N. Y., from Dec. 30,
1883, until installed its pastor, May 25, 1884, being released
from this charge, April 23, 1886; pastor of Trinity Church,
Brooklyn, from May 10, 1886, to May 5, 1889; stated supply
of the Congregational church of East Rockaway, N. Y., from
Dec. 22, 1889, t0 April 6, 1890; pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Far Rockaway, N. Y., from Sept. 3, 1890, to Jan. 2,
1901 ; stated supply of the Grace Reformed Episcopal Church
of Brooklyn from Jan. 26, 1902, to May 10, 1903 ; stated sup-
ply of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Reconciliation,
Brooklyn, from Nov. 11, 1902, to Dec. 31, 1905; stated supply
of the First Presbyterian Church of Newton, N. Y., from Feb.
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4, 1906, to Sept. 9, 1906, and stated supply of the church at
Bay Ridge, N. Y., from Sept. 16, 1906, to Feb. 24, 1907.
After this he resided in Westfield, N. J., until his death, which
occurred Feb. 18, 1917, in Westfield, from the effects of coli-
tis after a long and painful illness in the 73rd year of his age.
He was buried in Muncy, Pa. He received the honorary de-
gree of D.D. from Emporia College in 1900.
He was married May 13, 1874, in Muncy, Pa., to Mary
Hepburn Rankin, who with one daughter survives him.
JAMES DAVID MOFFATT, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of John and Mary Ann (McNeelan) Moffat, was born
March 15, 1846, in New Lisbon, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Wheeling, W. Va., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Homeworth, O., under the Rev. John
R. Dundas, and in the Linsly Institute of Wheeling, W. Va.,
and he graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in
1869. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year he remained two years. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Washington, April 24, 1871, and ordained by the
same Presbytery, May 8, 1873. He supplied the Second
Church of Wheeling, W. Va., from April 14, 1871, until made
its associate pastor, May 8, 1873, and was its pastor from Dec.
27, 1875, to Jan. 1, 1882. At this time he was called to the
presidency of Washington and Jefferson College and con-
tinued in this office until 19 15, when he resigned and was
made president emeritus. He continued his residence in
Washington, Pa., until his death there, Nov. 4, 1916, of
paralysis, in the 71st year of his age. He was buried in Wash-
ington, Pa. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from
Hanover College, Indiana, in 1882, and from Princeton Col-
lege in 1883, an d the degree of LL.D. from the Western Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1897, from the University of Penn-
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sylvania in 1901 and from Missouri Valley College in 1906.
From 1893 until 1895 he was associate editor of the Presby-
terian Banner and was moderator of the General Assembly at
Winona Lake in 1905, and was several times a commissioner
to the General Assembly. He was a delegate to the Pan-Pres-
byterian Council in 1888 and in 1904, and was a member of
the Board of Directors of the Western Theological Seminary.
He was chairman of the Committee on the Legal Relations of
the Seminaries to the General Assembly appointed by the As-
sembly of 1916. He published numerous addresses and wrote
many of the editorials for the Presbyterian Banner from 1893
to 1905.
He was married Sept. 6, 1876, in Vernon, N. Y., to Eliza-
beth Dalzell Crangle, who with one son and two daughters
survives him.
JOHN aUlNCY ADAMS FULLEETON,
Son of Humphrey and Nancy (Gormly) Fullerton, was born
April 25, 1845, in Allegheny City, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Princeton, N. J., at the age of twenty. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Princeton under the Rev. Lewis W.
Mudge, D.D., and he graduated from Princeton University in
1869. He then engaged in business for a short time in
Augusta, Ga. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1870,
taking the full course there and graduating in 1873. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, April 10, 1872,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Westminster, June 4, 1873,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Dills-
burg, Pa. He was released from this charge May 26, 1879.
He was pastor of the church at Curwensville, Pa., from June
10, 1879, to Dec. 23, 1884, and of the church at Apollo, Pa.,
from Jan. 1, 1885, to June 21, 1899. He spent the next five
years in Princeton, N. J., preaching as occasion offered. He
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was pastor of the United First Church of Amwell, N. J., from
Nov. 23, 1904, to Sept. 23, 1914, and from this time pastor
emeritus until his death April 18, 1916, at Ringoes, N. J., of
intestinal cancer, within seven days of the completion of his
71st year. He was buried at Franklin Park, N. J. In 1861
he enlisted as sergeant in the 34th Ohio Infantry, being pro-
moted to first lieutenant and adjutant, and was discharged
Sept. 13, 1864.
He was married Aug. 24, 1871, in Princeton, N. J., to Ella
Van Doren, who with two sons and one daughter survives
him.
EGBERT CHARLES LAWRENCE, Ph.D.,
Son of Silas Rensselaer and Lucinda (Hull) Lawrence, was
born June 25, 1845, in Borodino, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Owego, N. Y., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Owego Academy under Joseph A. Prin-
dle, and he graduated from Union College in 1869. He taught
during the next year in the Mechanicsville, N. Y., Acad-
emy, and was tutor of Mathematics in Union College from
1870 to 1872. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall
of the latter year, he took the full three years course there,
graduating in 1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Brunswick, Feb. 3, 1875, and ordained by the Presbytery
of Brooklyn, Oct. 28, 1875, being at the same time installed
pastor of Grace Church, Brooklyn, from which he was re-
leased Oct. 3, 1876. He spent the year 1877-78 as a graduate
student in Auburn Seminary, at the same time supplying the
church at Owasco Outlet, N. Y., as pastor elect. He was pas-
tor of the Second Reformed Church of Schenectady, N. Y.,
from 1878 to 1880, and a professor in Union College from
1878 to 1882. He served the Reformed Church of Thousand
Isles as pastor elect from 1882 to 1886, and was pastor of the
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Reformed Church of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., from 1886 to 1890.
He then served the Reformed Church of Westhampton, N. Y.,
as pastor elect from 1890 until installed its pastor, Nov. 19,
1891, and was released from this charge Sept. 24, 1901, the
release to take effect in November. After this he engaged in
evangelistic work and from 1903 until his death was treasurer
of the Hudson River Humane Society, residing in Schenec-
tady, N. Y., where he died June 10, 1916, of embolism of the
lungs, in the 71st year of his age. He was buried in Shelter
Island, N. Y. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the
National University of Chicago in 1889. He was a commis-
sioner to the General Assembly in 1896 and in 1913. He was
corresponding secretary of the Long Island Bible Society from
1897 to 1902; was a life director of the American Bible So-
ciety, and treasurer of the Schenectady County Historical So-
ciety. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and
the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, the New York State Historical
Association, the National Geographical Society and of the
Cliosophic Society of Princeton University.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 2y, 1877, in Buffalo, N. Y.,
to Sarah Jane Burtis who died Oct. 9, 1892 ; (2) April 29,
1896, in East Setauket, Long Island, to Mary Sylvester Dering,
who with two sons and one daughter by his first wife survives
him.
JOHN ALEXANDER McALMON,
Son of Thomas and Ann Jane (Coulter) McAlmon, was born
Oct. 2, 1842, in County Armagh, Ireland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Red Rock Presbyterian Church,
County Armagh, at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the public schools and high school in Canada
and he graduated from Knox College, Toronto, in 1872. En-
tering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
he took the full three years course there, graduating in 1875.
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He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, Feb.
3, 1875, and ordained by the Presbytery of Saugeen, Canada,
Oct. 12, 1875, being at the same time installed pastor of the
church at Markdale, Canada, which he served until 1877. He
was pastor of the church at Dresden, Canada, 1877-79; of the
churches of Burns and Moore Line, Canada, 1879-83, and of
the churches of Dover and Chalmers, Canada, 1883-86. After
this he served the following churches in the United States :
stated supply of the Parkston church and Hope chapel, S. D.,
in 1887; pastor at Dell Rapids, S. D., in 1888; stated supply
at Alta, la., in 1889; pastor at Paulina, la., 1889-91; stated
supply at Clifton, Kan., 1891-96; pastor elect of the churches
of Corning and Vermillion, Kan., from 1896 until installed
their pastor in 1897 and serving them until 1898; stated supply
at Volga, S. D., 1900-02 ; stated supply at Herman, Norcross
and Eldorado, Minn., in 1903 ; stated supply at Jasper, Minn.,
in 1904; stated supply at Galesburg and Broadlawn, N. D., in
1905, and stated supply at Nemaha and Pilgrim, la., 1907-08.
At this time he retired from the active ministry and resided in
Madison, S. D., 1908-09; in Wentworth, S. D., 1909-14, and
in Minneapolis, Minn., from this time until his death, June 5,
1916, in the 74th year of his age. He was buried in the Lake-
wood Cemetery, Minneapolis.
He was married Jan. 19, 1876, near Chatham, Ont., Canada,
to Bessie Urquhart, who with four sons and four daughters
survives him.
JOHN CAMPBELL OLIVER,
Son of James and Margaret (Campbell) Oliver, was born
Oct. 15, 1845, m Graysville, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church, Penn-
sylvania, at the age of sixteen.. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Tuscarora Academy, Pennsylvania, under J. H.
Shumaker, and he graduated from Princeton University in
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1872. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year he took the full three years course there, graduating
in 1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Huntingdon,
April 12, 1874, and ordained by the same Presbytery, June 8,
1875. He was stated supply of the church of Lower Tusca-
rora, near Academia, Pa., from October 1874 until installed its
pastor, June 8, 1875, and was released from this charge in
1884. He was pastor of the church of Tidioute, Pa. from
1884' to 1886; stated supply of the church at Newton Hamil-
ton, Pa., for a time in 1887 ; pastor of the church at Latrobe,
Pa., from Jan. 2y, 1888, until Sept. 16, 1891, and continued
his residence in Latrobe until 1898. He was pastor of the
Long Run Church, Irwin, Pa., from July 12, 1898, to April 17,
1907, when ill health interrupted his ministry. He resided in
Irwin, Pa., from 1908 to 19 14, and in Wilkinsburg, Pa., from
1914 until his death there, Sept. 14, 1916, of nervous break-
down, in the 71st year of his age. He was buried in the
Union Cemetery of Irwin, Pa. He wrote numerous articles
for the religious journals and magazines.
He was married May 23, 1878, in Reedsville, Pa., to Jennie
Elizabeth Kyle, who with two daughters survives him.
EOBEET BOYD, D.D.,
Son of William See and Mary (Marks) Boyd, was born Sept.
18, 1849, in Butler, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Butler at the age of
eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Wither-
spoon Institute of Butler and he graduated from Princeton
University in 1874. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year he took the full course there, gradu-
ating in 1877. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New
Brunswick, April 23, 1877, and ordained an evangelist by the
same, April 27, 1877. He was stated supply of the church of
Weston, Ore., from November 1877 to April 1879, and of the
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church at Walla Walla, Wash., from Nov. 11, 1877, to June
1, 1885. He spent the next two years in study and travel and
in making addresses in the interests of home missions. He
was pastor of the church at West Elizabeth, Pa., from May 3,
1887, to Oct. 26, 1 891, and stated supply of the First Church
of Port Townsend, Wash., from Dec. 6, 1891, until installed
its pastor, May 1, 1892, being released from this charge Oct.
5, 1898. He was president of Whitworth College and pro-
fessor of Moral Philosophy and Biblical Literature for one
year, 1898-99. He supplied the church at Sumner, Wash.,
from April 1898 until the fall of 1909. At this time the failure
of his health prevented his engaging in the settled work of a
pastor. He resided in Redlands, Cal., from 1910 to 1912, and
then in Los Angeles, Cal., until his death, which occurred
March 18, 1917, in Los Angeles, as the result of a nervous
breakdown from which he had suffered for eight years, in the
68th year of his age. He was buried in Butler, Pa. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of D.D. from Whitworth College
in 1910. He was at one time moderator of the Presbytery of
Oregon and of the Synod of Washington. He was three times
commissioner to the General Assembly. He organized the
second Presbyterian church of the eastern part of Washington
in 1877, and also the first Presbyterian church in the eastern
part of Oregon at the same time. He was a correspondent of
the Presbyterian Banner for thirty-five years and occasionally
of the New York Evangelist. He published The History of
the Synod of Washington of the Presbyterian Church from
1835 to 1909, in 1910, as well as many articles as correspondent
from the West, to Eastern religious and secular papers and
magazines.
He was married Sept. 25, 1879, in Walla Walla, Wash., to
Mary Cassandra Coleman, who with two daughters survives
him.
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JULIUS ADOLPHUS HEROLD.
Son of Julius August Theodore and Julia (Reichel) Herold,
was born March 27, 1861, in Berlin, Germany. He made a
public confession of his faith in the German Reformed Church
of Sellersburg, Ind., at the age of thirteen. He studied under
his father and special tutors and in Calvin College, O., com-
pleting his college course in Franklin and Marshall College,
from which he graduated in 1882. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the full three
years course there, graduating in 1885. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Westminster, April 9, 1884, and ordained an
evangelist by the Presbytery of Mahoning, April 27, 1886. He
was stated supply of the Second Church of Youngstown, O.,
from 1885 to 1886; pastor of the Green Hill Church, Philadel-
phia, Pa., from Sept. 29, 1886, to April 7, 1891, and pastor of
the First Church of Williamsport, Pa., from May 1, 1891, to
June 3, 1897. After this he taught German in the De Lancey
School of Philadelphia from 1898 to 1901. For a second time
he was pastor of the Green Hill Presbyterian Church of Phila-
delphia, from March 26, 1899, to June 12, 1904; pastor of the
Logan Memorial Church, Audubon, N. J., from Sept. 27, 1904,
to Nov. 8, 1906; pastor of the church at Lewes, Del., from
May 1, 1907, to Dec. 15, 1914, and pastor of the Wicomico
Church, Salisbury, Md., from Jan. 13, 191 5, until his death,
Aug. 15, 1916, in Ocean City, Md., of Bright's disease, in the
56th year of his age. He was buried in Lewes, Del.
He was twice married: (1) Oct. 1, 1890, in Philadelphia,
to Adelaide Read Huston, who died March 26, 1909; (2)
June 22, 191 1, in Lewes, Del., to Elizabeth Grey Long, who
with two sons and one daughter by his first wife survives him.
IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY, D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Alexander Jackson and Sarah (Pounds) McCurdy, was
born March 23, 1856, near Livermore, Pa. He made a public
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confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Indiana,
Pa., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the New Derry Academy and the Livermore Academy,
Pennsylvania, and in the State Normal School of Pennsylvania.
He spent one year of his college course in Washington and
Jefferson College, another year in the University of Wooster,
took a special course in Latin and Greek in Western Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and went to Lafayette College as a senior,
graduating in 1880. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year he spent two years there. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Kittanning, April 27, 1881, and
ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore, July 8, 1881, being at
the same time installed pastor of the church in Frederick City,
Md., and was released from this charge June 15, 1884. Dur-
ing this pastorate he engaged in teaching. Also during this
pastorate he studied in Johns Hopkins University. He was
pastor of the Southwestern Church, Philadelphia, from June
29, 1884, to April 1, 1895. He served St. Andrews Church,
Boston, Mass., as pastor elect during 1896 and the church at
Greenport, N. Y., and Shrewsbury, N. J., in 1897. He was
pastor of the Fifth Church of Kansas City, Mo., from Oct. 18,
1897, to Oct. 25, 1899. During the next three years he served
several churches as stated supply. After this he supplied the
Hope Church, Philadelphia, during two summers. He
preached in the church at Lansford, Pa., in 1910 and was
pastor of the same church from 191 1 to 1914. He died Dec.
26, 1916, in Jeannette, Pa., of tuberculosis, in the 61 st year of
his age. He was buried in the Arlington Cemetery, Philadel-
phia. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from New
Windsor College in 1885, and the degree of LL.D. from
Rutherford College in 1898. He received eighteen other de-
grees on examination. He won the Fowler Prize in English
Philology from Lafayette College in 1880. He was a member
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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of the American Association of Political and Social Science, of
the American Philological Association, and of many other
societies and associations. He was a member of the Presby-
terian Board of Education, 1887-98; of the Executive Council
of the Presbyterian Historical Society, 1888-96; was secre-
tary of the General Assembly Centennial, 1887-88, and dele-
gate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council in London, 1888, and
acting stated clerk of the Synod of Pennsylvania in 1893. He
was a profuse writer and among his publications were : A
Philological Discussion of the Works, Style and Language of
Edgar Allan Poe, 1880; The Successful Teacher, 1881 ; The
Presbyterian Church of Frederick City, Md., 1883 ; The South-
western Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1885; The Saxon
and Norman Elements in our Language and Literature, 1890,
and The Causes of the Intellectual Development of the Eliza-
bethan Age, 1890. He also published many addresses, con-
tributions to the press and poems. He was editor of the
Southwestern Observer from 1885 to 1887.
He was married Nov. 29, 1877, in Irwin, Pa., to Rachel
Long Ewing, who with three sons and six daughters survives
him.
WILLIAM WALKER,
Son of William and Isabella (Mitchell) Walker, was born
March 17, 1846, in Glasgow, Scotland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Free Church of Scotland in
Glasgow at the age of eighteen. He studied under private
tutors and in the academy at Worcester, Mass. Before com-
ing to Princeton he engaged in work as a colporteur in Glas-
gow. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1881, remain-
ing two years. He went to Lane Seminary in 1884, taking the
full three years course there and graduating in 1887. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia in 1887, and or-
dained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Saginaw, April 11,
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1888. He was stated supply of the following churches:
Calkinsville and Coleman, Mich., 1887-88; Sedan and Elk
City, Kan. 1889-90; Falmouth and New Concord, Ky., 1891-
93; Aurora, Ind., 1893-96; Pickford, Mich., 1896-1900; Port
Austin, Mich., 1900-03; Harrisville, Mich., 1903; Taymouth,
Mich., 1904-07 ; Lowry City, Mo., 1907-09, and Luther, Wyo.,
1909. After this he resided in Campbellsburg, Ky., until his
death there, April 26, 1916, in the 71st year of his age.
He was married Jan. 16, 1889, in Campbellsville, Ky., to
Hallie Brent, who with two sons survives him.
WILLIAM GILBERT McDILL HAYS, D.D.,
Son of William McCreight and Elizabeth Ferguson (Elliott)
Hays, was born Sept. 20, 1853, near Aledo (formerly Sun-
beam), 111. He made a public confession of his faith in the
United Presbyterian Church of Sunbeam at the age of
eleven. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Mon-
mouth Academy, Illinois, under Thomas H. Rogers, and he
graduated from Monmouth College, Illinois, in 1878. He en-
tered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
remaining one year. He completed his theological course in
the Xenia Seminary, from which he graduated in 1881. He
was licensed by the U. P. Presbytery of Monmouth, March 30,
1880, and ordained by the U. P. Presbytery of LeClaire, June
28, 1881, being at the same time installed pastor of the U. P.
church of Elvira, la. He was released from this charge
March 7, 1886. From 1886 to 1895 he was principal of the
academy at Waitsburg, Wash., engaging in home missionary
work during this time. He was a home missionary stationed
at Olympia, Wash., from April 1, 1895, to September 18,
1898, and at Pullman, Wash., from 1898 to 1904. He was
pastor of the U. P. church at Pullman which he founded, from
April 5, 1904, to Nov. 26, 191 5, when ill health compelled his
giving up active work. He continued his residence in Pull-
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man until his death there, Aug. 16, 1916, of arterio-sclerosis,
in the 83rd year of his age. He was buried in the Fairmount
Cemetery of Pullman. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. in 1894 from Westminster College, Pennsylvania.
He was married Aug. 12, 1875, in Monmouth, 111., to Martha
Amanda Acheson, who with two 'sons and three daughters
survives him.
JOHN JAY EALSTON,
Son of Joseph White and Isabella (Miller) Ralston, was born
May 19, 1857, in McVille, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the United Presbyterian church at Buffalo, Pa.,
at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Witherspoon Institute of Butler, Pa., and in the Day-
ton Union Academy, Armstrong County, Pa., and he gradu-
ated from Princeton University in 1882. He entered the U. P.
Seminary of Allegheny in 1882, remaining two years and
came to the Seminary at Princeton in 1884, remaining one
year. He took a fourth year in the U. P. Seminary of Alle-
gheny, from which he graduated in 1886. He was licensed by
the U. P. Presbytery of Butler, Jan. 21, 1885. He spent the
years 1886-88 in home missionary work in the West and the
year 1888-89 m home missionary work in Pennsylvania. He
was ordained by the U. P. Presbytery of Beaver Valley, Oct.
8, 1889, being at the same time installed pastor of the U. P.
churches of Porterville and Mountville, Pa. He was released
from these charges June 26, 1906, on account of ill health.
He spent the next three years trying to regain his health and
engaged in business in Freeport, Pa. Upon the recovery of
his health he became pastor of the U. P. church of Coin, la.,
Nov. 18, 1909, and contained in this pastorate until April 9,
1912. He was then pastor of the U. P. church of Shannon
City, la., from Dec. 2, 1913, to April 11, 1916. After this he
continued his residence in Shannon City until his death there,
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Jan. 4, 191 7, of asthma and heart failure, in the 60th year of
his age. He was buried in Shannon City, la.
He was married Aug. 2, 1898, in Petrolia, Pa., to Emma
Zilla Jameson, who with two sons and one daughter survives
him.
CHARLES CHALMEES HOFFMEISTER,
Son of John Maxwell and Elizabeth Caroline (McGhee) HofT-
meister, was born Sept. 6, 1858, near Rogersville, Tenn. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, at the age of sixteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the public schools of Tennessee and
Virginia, and he graduated from King College, Bristol, Tenn.,
in 1884. He spent the next year in Union Theological Semi-
nary, Richmond, coming to Princeton Seminary in 1885 and
remaining one year. He also studied theology in the Colum-
bia Seminary, South Carolina. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Red River, Oct. 12, 1886, and ordained by the same
Presbytery, Nov. 11, 1886. He was stated supply of the
church at Evansville, Minn., from May 1886 to April 1887;
of the church at Axtell, Kan., from June 1887 to March 1890;
of the church at Afton, la., from March to November 1890;
of the church at Lamar, Mo., from January 1891 to February
1892; of the church at Harper, Kan. from February 1892 to
March 1894; of the church at Cottonwood Falls, Kan., 1894-
95; of the church at Brookings, S. D., 1895-96; of the church
at Lake Crystal, Minn., 1896-99; of the church at Lakefield,
Minn., 1900-02 ; of the church at Thorpe, Minn., 1902-03 ; of
the church at Olivia, Minn., 1904-05 ; of the church at Nacog-
doches, Tex., 1911-12, and of the church at Jefferson, Tex.,
1912-14. He then took up his residence in Jefferson City,
Tex., where he died, Sept. 20, 1916, of Bright's disease, two
weeks after the completion of his 58th year. He was buried
in Mt. Horeb, Tenn.
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He was married Dec. 29, 1886, in Evansville, Minn., to
Edith A. Titcomb who died Feb. 15, 1914. Seven sons and
three daughters survive him.
HENRY ALLISON MULLEN, L.L.,
Son of Charles and Jane (McWhirter) Mullen, was born June
10, 1859, m Wilmington, Del. He made a public confession of
his faith in the Presbyterian church of Auburn, Kan., at the
age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
public schools of Philadelphia and he was for a time a student
in Highland University, Kansas. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1884, remaining one year. He took the other two
years of his theological course in Lane Seminary, from which
he graduated in 1889. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Topeka, April 11, 1889, and ordained by the Presbytery of
Birmingham in 1889. He supplied the First Church of Thomas,
Ala., from 1889 to 1892; the church at Alamosa, Colo., in
1896, and the churches of Eastonville and Peyton, Colo., in
1897. During the next five years he was without a pastoral
charge, residing in Colorado City. He served the First Church
of Purcell, Okla., as pastor elect from 1905 to 1906, and the
church of Pocatello, Ida., from 1908 until installed its pastor
in 1909, and was released from this charge in 191 1. He
served the church of Butte, Mont., from 1913 to 1914 and the
church at Elsinore, Cal., from 1916 until his death. He died
Dec. 13, 1916, in the Riverside Hospital, Riverside, Cal., of
appendicitis, in the 58th year of his age. He was buried in
Evergreen Cemetery of Riverside. He received the honorary
degree of D.D. from Highland University in 1914. He took
up the study of law in Purcell, Okla., in 1906 and was ad-
mitted to the bar. He published Men of the Hour and several
other works.
He was married Aug. 14, 1890, in Topeka, Kan., to Mary
Elizabeth Dyche who survives him.
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CHAELES ANDREW KILLIE,
Son of Henry Byron and Mary Ann (Mark) Killie, was born
March 9, 1857, in Marshall, 111. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Washington,
D. C, at the age of twenty-eight. He received a common
school education and did not go to college. He engaged in
newspaper work for three years ; was clerk in a railroad office
for two years and was in the insurance business for seven and
one half years. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1886,
taking the full three years course there and graduating in 1889.
He was licensed and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery
of Washington City, June 4, 1889. Having devoted himself
to the work of foreign missions, he went to China and was
engaged in missionary work in Ichou-fu, Shantung, from Oc-
tober 1889 to May 1899 ; and in Peking from 1899 to 1902.
After this he was stationed at Paoting-fu from 1903 until ill
health compelled him to leave his work in 1912, when he re-
turned to America. He spent the last years of his life in de-
livering lectures and addresses on behalf of foreign missions,
during which time he made more than eight hundred and fifty
addresses and travelled over sixty-one thousand miles. He
died July 16, 1916, in the Presbyterian Hospital, New York
City, from cerebral embolus after a third operation, in the
60th year of his age. He was buried in Marshall, 111. He
was voted the bronze and gold medal of the Military Order of
the Dragon by the U. S. Army and Navy officers in China for
service during the siege of Peking at the time of the Boxer
uprising.
He was married Jan. 26, 1879, in Georgetown, 111., to Louisa
Scott who survives him.
DAVID HOWELL, D.D.,
Son of Joseph and Letitia (VanDuyn) Howell, was born June
20, 1843, in Macon, Mich. He made a public confession of
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his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Leavenworth,
Kan., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the High School at Adrian, Mich., in the Ann Ar-
bor Public School and in the Michigan State Normal School,
and he graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College in
1865. He then engaged in teaching and was superintendent
of the schools of Three Rivers and Buchanan, Mich., 1874-83 ;
and of the schools at Lansing, Mich., 1883-90. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the latter year as a special student,
remaining only five months. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of Monroe, April 15, 1891, and ordained an evangelist by
the same Presbytery, Sept. 9, 1891. He supplied the churches
of Petersburgh and Deerfield, Mich., from February 1891 to
January 1892, when he became Synodical missionary for the
Synod of Michigan, remaining in this work for nineteen years.
In 1907 he had the title of Superintendent of Home Missions
and Sabbath School Work for the Synod. After retiring from
active work he resided in Lansing, Mich., until his death, May
28, 1916, of pneumonia, in the 73rd year of his age. He was
buried in Lansing. He received the honorary degree of M.S.
from the Michigan Agricultural College in 1886 and the hon-
orary degree of D.D. from Alma College in 1910. He was
twice a commissioner of the General Assembly and once mod-
erator of the Synod of Michigan. He declined calls to chairs
in Olivet College, Michigan, and Alma College.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 2y, 1867, in Elsie, Mich.,
to Fidelia Ann Lewis, who died May 26, 1885; (2) Oct. 21,
1891, in Bergen, N. Y., to Maria A. Hume, who with one son
by his first wife survives him.
MARK BROWN GRIER,
Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Calvin and Barbara Brown (Mof-
fatt) Grier, was born Jan. 3, 1867, in Due West, S. C. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Associate Re-
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formed church at Due West at the age of fourteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the schools of Due West,
and he graduated from Erskine College in 1885. He then
spent a year in special study at Johns Hopkins University, en-
gaged in teaching the next year near Covington, Ga., and rested
at home a third year. He took the first year of his theological
course in the Erskine Theological Seminary at Due West, from
1888 to 1889. Coming to Princeton the latter year he took
the remaining years of his course there, graduating in 1891.
He was licensed by the Second Presbytery of the Associate
Reformed Synod of the South, May 16, 1890, and was or-
dained an evangelist by the Presbytery of South Carolina of
the Presbyterian Church in the U. S., July 21, 1892. Having
devoted his life to the work of foreign missions he sailed for
China Sept. 15, 1892. He began his missionary work in Shang-
hai and continued it in Tsing-Kiang-Pu from 1894 to 1895.
He then was stationed at Su Ch'ien from 1896 to 1897 and
after this at Hsuchoufu from 1898 to 1916. He was in charge
of a large boys' school at this place. He came to this country
in the latter year on a furlough and died Jan. 6, 1917, in Due
W r est, S. C, of Bright's disease, three days after the completion
of his 50th year. He had suffered a partial stroke of paralysis
in December 191 5. He was buried in Due West, S. C. He
studied medicine in New York for one year after leaving the
Seminary.
He was married March 3, 1896, in Shanghai, to Henrietta
Baker Donaldson, M.D., who with three daughters survives
him.
PAUL FREDERICK GABRIEL BETTEX,
Son of Jean Frederic and Sophia (Paulus) Bettex, was born
Jan. 8, 1864, in Combremont, Switzerland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Santiago,
Chile, while engaged in teaching in the mission school there.
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He graduated from the Gymnasium of Stuttgart, Germany, in
1883. He spent three years studying in the Sorbonne and in
the Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris. In 1886 he went to Lon-
don and taught in Dundalk, Ireland. From there he went to
Santiago, Chile, and taught in the college there connected with
the American Presbyterian Mission. He entered the Seminary
at Princeton in the fall of 1890, remaining until November
1891. He spent four months in 1892 in theological study in
the Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the
First Congregational Church of Detroit and became assistant
pastor of a missionary chapel in that city. In 1893 he con-
nected himself with the Salvation Army in New York, becom-
ing a captain. In 1894 he went to Buenos Ayres as a Salva-
tion Army officer and engaged in work there until 1902. Dur-
ing the next year he labored as an evangelist in several South
American countries. Coming to this country in 1903 he was
licensed by the Texas Holiness Association and taught during
the winter term, 1903-04, in the Texas Holiness University;
1906-07, in the Central Holiness University at Penial, Texas.
From November 1908 until May 1909 he was elder and as-
sistant pastor of the Christian Assembly in Denver, Colo.
About this time he went to China and settled in Canton, engag-
ing in missionary work in connection with the "Pentecostal
Mission." He was murdered July 28, 1916, at Shatau, twenty-
six miles from Canton, in the 53rd year of his age. He was
buried in the Christian Cemetery near Canton. He was for a
time assistant editor of the War Cry, New York, and also of
the Conquerer, published in South America. He was editor in
charge of El Grito de Guerra in Buenos Ayres in 1908, and
editor of the World for Christ, Denver, and the Canton
Pentecost, Canton, China.
He was married May 27, 1910, in Canton, China, to Harriet
Ellen Clark, who died in October 1912.
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WILLIAM McDOUGALD JACK, Ph. D„
Son of James and Elizabeth (Jack) Jack, was born May 28,
i860, in Airdrie, Scotland. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Reformed Presbyterian church of Airdrie at the
age of sixteen. Coming to this country his preparatory studies
were pursued in the Indiana, Pennsylvania, Normal School
and under the Rev. A. A. Bird in Houtzdale, Pa., and he grad-
uated from Lafayette College in 1892, being valedictorian of
his class. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
the same year he took the full three years course there, gradu-
ating in 1895. He took the Hebrew fellowship and spent a year
of study in the Free Church College of Edinburgh. He also
studied in the University of Leipsic from 1896 to 1900. While
a student in Leipsic he supplied the American-English church
there from September 1896 to July 1897, and engaged in teach-
ing from 1897 t0 1898. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Huntingdon, Oct. 3, 1900, and ordained an evangelist by the
same Presbytery, Oct. 3, 1901. He was pastor of the church
at Birmingham, Pa., from Dec. 17, 1901, to Nov. 1, 1904.
After this he spent a year of study in the Sorbonne, Paris. He
returned to Princeton as a graduate student in the Seminary
for the year 1906-07. He was stated supply of the church at
Scotchtown, N. Y., from June 1907 to January 1909, and of
the churches at Chazy and Beekmantown, N. Y., from 1909
to 1910. He was pastor of the church at Schaller, la., and
stated supply of the Pilgrim Church, Storm Lake, la., from
Oct. 9, 1913, until his death, Jan. 2, 1917, in Schaller of
pneumonia, in the 57th year of his age. He was buried in
Scotchtown, N. Y. During the year 1911-12 he held a scholar-
ship at Cornell University. He was principal of the Soldiers'
Orphans School of Mercer, Pa., from September 1887 to
March 1888. He published several sermons and addresses and
the thesis for his doctor's degree on Einige Hauptfragen in
Martineaus Ethik. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the
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University of Leipsic in 1900, and the degree of B.D. from
Princeton Theological Seminary in 1907.
He was married Sept. 4, 1912, in Scotchtown, N. Y., to Ina
L. Mills, who with one daughter survives him.
CHAUNCEY BYRON MAGILL,
Son of William Thomas and Mary Margaret (Marquis) Ma-
gill, was born Jan. 1, 1868, in Cross Creek Village, Pa. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Ada, O., at the age of twenty-one. He studied in
the common schools and academy of Buffalo, Pa., and gradu-
ated from the Ohio Northern University in 1893. He took
the first two years of his theological course in McCormick
Seminary, 1893-95, and entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the latter year as a senior, graduated in 1896. He
remained in Princeton Seminary as a graduate student a year.
He was licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Lima,
April 12, 1897. He was stated supply of the church at Pauld-
ing, O., from 1896 until its pastor May 4, 1897, and was re-
leased from this charge June 1, 1901. After this he was pas-
tor of the Memorial Church, Troy, N. Y., from Jan. 29, 1902,
to July 4, 1910, and pastor of the State Street Church, Schen-
ectady, N. Y., from Oct. 6, 1910, until his death, June 25, 1916,
in Schenectady, suddenly of apoplexy, in the 49th year of his
age. He was expected to preach that day in his church but
was found dead in his bed after the hour of service with the
manuscript of his sermon in his hands. He was buried in
Schenectady.
He was married July 28, 1897, in Paulding, O., to Ella Ruth
Dodd, who with one daughter survives him.
JOSEPH GASTON SYMMES,
Son of Joseph Gaston and Mary Rosebrook (Henry) Symmes,
was born May 3, 187c, in Cranbury, N. J. He made a public
500 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^-9^7
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Cranbury at the age of nine. His preparatory studies were
pursued under the Rev. W. S. Steen in Cranbury, and he grad-
uated from Princeton University in 1892. He entered the
Seminary at Princeton in the same year, remaining one year.
He spent the next year in teaching in the St. Albans School
of Radford, Va. Returning to Princeton Seminary in 1894 as
a junior he took the full three years course graduating in
1897. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Monmouth, April
15, 1896, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Nov. 30, 1897,
being at the same time installed pastor of the churches of
Jacksonville and Providence, N. J., and was released from
these charges June 28, 1904. He was pastor of the Lower
Valley and Cokesbury churches, N. )., from July 20, 1904, to
June 16, 1908, and pastor of the First Church of Mendham,
N. J., from July 14, 1908, until his death, April 5, 1916, in
Mendham, of hemorrhage of the brain following an attack of
the grippe, in the 46th year of his age. He was buried in
Cranbury, N. J. He was at one time a commissioner to the
General Assembly and moderator of the Presbytery of Morris
and Orange.
He was married Sept. 5, 1900, in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., to
Josie Gardner, who with two daughters survives him.
JOHN MacLAEEN HICHABDSON,
Son of Edward Bronson and Mary (MacLaren) Richardson,
was born Sept. 16, 1876, in Geneva, N. Y. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of
Geneva at the age of eleven. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Geneva High School and he graduated from
Princeton University in 1899. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year he remained there two
years, taking the last year of his theological course in Auburn
Seminary, from which he graduated in 1902. He was licensed
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by the Presbytery of Geneva, Sept. 24, 1901, and ordained by
the same Presbytery, May 30, 1902. He was pastor of the
church of Chittenango, N. Y., from July 17, 1902, to April n,
1905 ; pastor of the East Genesee Church, Syracuse, N. Y.,
from May 13, 1905, to Dec. 14, 1908, and pastor of the first
Church of Bridgeport, Conn., from Jan. 28, 1909, until his
death, Jan. 11, 191 7, in Bridgeport, of pneumonia, in the 41st
year of his age. He was buried in Geneva, N. Y. He was
moderator of the Synod of New England in 1916.
He was married June 3, 1903, in Akron, O., to Maud Vir-
ginia Caruthers, who with one son and two daughters sur-
vives him.
WILLIAM BECKERING,
Son of Hilliard and Cathryn (De Jonge) Beckering, was born
Oct. 6, 1871, in Rosario, Argentine. He came to this country
when eighteen, settling in Hospers, Iowa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the First Reformed Church of Or-
ange City, Iowa, at the age of nineteen. His preparatory stud-
ies were pursued in the Classical Academy of Orange City and
graduated from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., in 1901.
He entered the Seminary at Princeton the same year, remain-
ing only one year. He completed his theological course in the
Western Theological Seminary at Holland, Mich., from which
he graduated in 1904. He was licensed by the Iowa Classis
of the Reformed Church in America, June 14, 1904, and or-
dained by the Wisconsin Classis of the same Church, June 17,
1904, being at the same time installed pastor of the Reformed
church at Greenleafton, Minn. He was released from this
charge Dec. 23, 1907. After this he was pastor of the Re-
formed church of Oostburg, Wis., from Jan. 8, 1908, until
191 1, and of the Third Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa, from
191 1 until his death, which occurred Oct. 11, 191 5, in Pella of
diabetes, soon after the completion of his forty-fourth year.
He was buried in Maurice, Iowa.
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He was married June 22, 1904, in Leota, Minn., to Nellie
Anna Cathryn Duven, who with two sons and two daughters
survives him.
JOHN URSINUS NIEHOFF,
Son of John and Anna Louisa (Yodermark) Niehoff, was born
Dec. 16, 1882, in Archbold, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in the German Reformed church of Pekin, 111., at
the age of thirteen. He studied in the Mission House Acad-
emy of Franklin, Wis., two years, and in the Heidelberg
Academy, Ohio, for one year, and was for a time a student in
Heidelberg University. He entered the Seminary at Prince-
ton in 1906, taking the full three years course there and
graduating in 1909. He was licensed and ordained by the
Presbytery of Steubenville. Nov. 4, 1909, being at the same
time installed pastor of the Second Church of Wellsville, O.,
from which he was released June 3, 1913. He was then pastor
of the church of Toronto, O., from July 2, 1913, until his death
in Toronto, Aug. 22, 1916, of typhoid fever in the 34th year
of his age. He was buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery of
Tiffin, O.
He was married Oct. 19, 1909, in Tiffin, O., to Cora Mae
Weinig, who with one son and one daughter survives him.
ZtJNG SIANG KWAY,
Son of Tsu-ching and Kwe-tsu Kway, was born Dec. 8, 1885,
in Shanghai, China. He was a student in St. John's University
in Shanghai for eight years, graduating therefrom in 1908.
He studied in the Seminary at Princeton as a partial student
during the year 1909-10 and became a regular student in the
middle class in the latter year, completing his theological course
and graduating in 1913.
Only the information of Mr. Kway's death, probably in
1916, has come to the editor of the Necrological Report.
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GRADUATE STUDENT
SAMUEL GRAHAM WILSON, D.D.,
Son of Andrew Wilkins and Anna Graham (Dick) Wilson,
was born Feb. II, 1858, in Indiana, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Princeton, N. J., at the age of eighteen. His preparatory
studies were pursued in the public schools of Indiana, Pa., and
he graduated from Princeton University in 1876. He entered
the Western Theological Seminary in 1876, taking the full
three years course there and graduating in 1879. In the latter
year he came to Princeton Seminary as a graduate student,
spending one year there. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Kittanning, April 24, 1878, and ordained an evangelist by
the same Presbytery, July 1, 1880. In this year he went to
Persia as a missionary being stationed at Tabriz, which was
the center of his missionary labors until his death. He was
the principal of the Memorial Theological School in Tabriz
from 1882 until his death. He came to America in 1912 and in
November of that year was severely injured in a railroad ac-
cident which disabled him for some time. He was engaged
until his final return to Persia in writing books and many
articles for the religious press and in speaking and lecturing
in the churches throughout the country. In the fall of 191 5
he started on his return to Persia and acted as the agent of
the Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee, leaving his wife
and children in this country. He died July 2, 1916, in Tabriz
of typhoid fever, in the 59th year of his age. He was buried
in Tabriz. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the
Western University, Pennsylvania, in 1906, and also from
Grove City College in the same year. He published a Transla-
tion of the Catechism in Ararat Armenian, 1885 ; Persian Life
504 NECR0LOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
?nd Customs, 1894; Persia: Western Missions, 1895; Mariam:
A Romance of Persia, 1904; Bahaism and Its Claims, 191 5,
and Modern Movements Among Moslems, 191 5. Among his
articles of note were : The Atoning Savior of the Shiahs ; Ba-
haism, a Failure ; The Russian Government and the Armenian
Church ; articles in the Encyclopedia of Temperance and con-
tributions to the Missionary Review of the World, the Prince-
ton Theological Review and the North American Review. He
was the Severance Lecturer in Western Theological Seminary
and these lectures were published as his book on Modern
Movements among Moslems.
He was married Sept. 16, 1886, in Lake Forest, 111., to Annie
Dwight Rhea, who with one son and three daughters survives
him.
INDEX
PAGE
Beattie, George Arnot 477
Beckering, William 501
Bettex, Paul Frederic Gabriel 496
Boyd, Robert 485
Calkins, Lyman Darrow 479
Cleland, Thomas Hann 474
Cline, Enoch Clarke 47 2
Craig, George 478
Darroch, John 465
Ewing, Edward Cornelius 473
Farnham, John Marshall Willoughby 466
FULLERTON, JOHN QuiNCY ADAMS 4&I
Galbraith, Robert Christy 463
Grier, Mark Brown 495
Hart, Charles Edward 468
Hays, George Washington 490
Hays, William Gilbert McDill 469
' Herold, Julius Adolphus 487
Hinsdale, Horace Graham 462
Hoffmeister, Charles Chalmers 492
Howell, David 494
Irwin, Salathiel Milton 475
Jack, William McDougald 498
Killie, Charles Andrews 494
KWAY, ZuNG-ZlANG 50 2
Lawrence, Egbert Charles 482
Lochead, John Sommerville 476
McAlmon, John Alexander 483
McCurdy, Irwin Pounds 487
Magill, Chauncey Byron 499
Moffat, James David 480
Mullen, Henry Addison 493
Niehoff, John Ursinus 502
Oliver, John Campbell 484
Price, Robert 461
Ralston, John Jay 491
506 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [^9^7
Richardson, John MacLaren 500
Symmes, Joseph Gaston 499
Taylor, DeWitt Clinton 467
Tully, David 460
Walker, William 489
Watson, Andrew 470
Wight, Joseph Kingsbury 459
Wilson, Samuel Graham 503
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 7th, 1918
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
50S NECROLOGICAL REPORT [ l 9 l &
NOTICE
The Editor of the Necrological Reports earnestly solicits the aid of
all the Alumni of the Seminary in the preparation of these Reports.
When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices, funeral or memorial ser-
mons, and any other information will be gratefully received. Let these
be sent, as soon as possible after the death of the person to whom they
relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1918-1919
Rev. Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., '90, President
Rev. Lewis S. Mudce, D.D., '95, Vice-President
Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91, Treasurer
Rev. George Reynolds, D.D., '89 "] Additional Members
Rev. Roeert B. Beattie, D.D., '99 J. of the
Rev. Asa J. Ferry, '09 J Executive Committee
19 1 8] NECROLOGICAL REPORT 509
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 7th, 1918.
The Alumni Association met for luncheon in Stuart Hall at
12.30 p. m., with the President, the Rev. John McDowell, D.D.,
s'95~'96, in the chair. A blessing was asked by Rev. S. S.
Laws, D.D., '51. After luncheon the Association was called
to order for a business session.
The Executive Committee recommended the election of the
following officers for the ensuing year, and they were duly
elected :
President— Rev. Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., '90
Vice-President — Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., '95
Secretary — Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04
Treasurer — Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91
Additional members of the Executive Committee — Rev.
George Reynolds, D.D., '89 ; Rev. Robert B. Beattie, D.D., '99 ;
Rev. Asa J. Ferry, '09.
The Treasurer offered the following report, which was re-
ceived :
510 NECROLOGICAL REPORT [iQjS
Charles R. Erdman, in account with the Alumni Association of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary
Received :
From the retiring Treasurer, W. B. Greene, Jr $4-56
From an Alumnus 100.00
From the Baltimore Alumni Association 5 2 °o
From the Philadelphia Alumni Association 269.00
TOTAL $42556
Paid:
For lectures on religious pedagogy 100.00
For Instruction in Homiletics 200.00
For Printing 1.00
TOTAL $301.00
BALANCE ON HAND, MAY 7, 1918 $124.56
The following resolution was unanimously adopted and
ordered sent by the President to President Wilson :
Th Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary,
assembled on May 7, 1918, express their high appreciation of
President Woodrow Wilson, in his declaration of the aims and
purposes of the American people in this war. They declare
their courage and confidence that this war will be won ; and
pledge their unswerving loyalty and their greatest sacrifices;
and they pray that the President may have from God, wisdom,
courage, and spiritual power for his task."
President Wilson replied :
The White House,
Washington. 13 May, 1918.
My dear McDowell : —
Thank you warmly for your letter of May tenth. As you
foresaw, the resolution of the Princeton Theoloigcal Seminary
Alumni which you enclosed afforded me the greatest gratifica-
tion and I hope that if there is any means by which you can
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convey to those who took part in its passage my feeling of
gratitude to them, you will be kind enough to do so.
With the best wishes,
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following:
Rev. John McDowell, D.D., s'95-'96, President of the Asso-
ciation ; Rev. J. Ross Stevenson, D.D., LL.D., President of the
Seminary, on the topic, "The Ministry and the War"; Rev.
Maitland Alexander, D.D., LL.D., '92, President of the Board
of Directors, on "The Church and the War", and Rev. Francis
L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., '65, ex-President of the Seminary, on
"Christianity and the War".
On motion the Association adjourned, and was dismissed
with the benediction, pronounced by Rev. J. P. Campbell, D.D.,
'78.
Harold McA. Robinson, Secretary.
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abstract of the
Necrological Report
FOR 1918
The Report for the year ending April 1, 1918, contains notices of
one director and trustee, Charles Henry Mathews, Esq., and forty-
seven former students of the Seminary. Seven of these died in pre-
vious years, but the fact of their death did not come to the attention
of the editor in time for this Report.
Of the forty-seven the oldest was the Rev. Lewis Harvey Wade,
who died at the age of ninety-one years and three months. Another,
the Rev. Washington Dawson McKinley, had passed his ninety-first
year by nearly three months. Thirteen others had passed their eigh-
tieth year, twelve their seventieth and nine their sixtieth year. The
youngest died at the age of twenty-five years and ten months, the Rev.
Samuel McCullagh Linden, who fell in battle in Belgium. The aver-
age age of the forty-seven was seventy years and three months. The
average confessional age was sixteen years and three months.
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NECROLOGICAL REPORT
DIRECTOR AND TRUSTEE
513
Charles Henry Mathews
ALUMNI
CLASS
1851. Washington Dawson McKinley
1852. Lewis Harvey Wade
1857. Charles Everett Johnson
George Whitefield McMillan, Ph.D., D.D.
i860. Alexander Bullions Morey, D.D.
1861. George Humphrey Fullerton, D.D.
John Alexander McGinley
1862. John Milton Carmichael
Francis James Collier, D.D.
1863. Walter Scott Brown
Israel Carleton
1864. Robert James Brace
William Edgar Honeyman
1865. Stephen Allen Califf
Robert Scott
1866. Levi Clark Littell
Arthur Hubbard Somes
James Avery Worden, D.D., LL.D.
1867. Henry Hamlin Stebbins, D.D.
John Low Rogers Trask
1868. Henry Rodney Hall
Peter Hathaway Kemper McComb, D.D.
1870. Robert Chambers, D.D.
Caspar Rene Gregory, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D.
1871. [James] Duncan Brown, D.D.
1872. Henry Bartlett Gage, D.D.
Henry Lumpkin Griffin, D.D.
Robert Finley McClean
1875. Ernest Samuel Bayne
1878. Adolph Lehmann, D.D.
Hector Alexander McLean
1879. Alfred Heebner
1880. Hugh Pritchard
1882. Leslie Lemond Overman
1887. John Newton Forman
1890. James Wilson Williams
died
Dec.
10,
1917
Nov.
24,
1917
Sept.
10,
191 1
March
19,
1910
May-
6,
1917
Dec.
13,
1917
March
31.
1918
July
29,
1914
June
8,
1917
Feb.
15,
1918
March
8,
1918
Jan.
28,
1917
Nov.
1,
1916
April
i,
1918
Oct.
22,
1917
Oct.
14,
1917
Oct.
28,
1917
July
30,
1913
Oct.
24,
1917
Aug.
19,
1917
March
23,
1916
Feb.
13,
1918
Dec.
19,
1917
April
2
1917
April
9,
1917
Feb.
26,
1918
April
8,
1917
Sept.
27,
1917
May
13,
1917
Feb.
20,
1918
Sept.
16,
191 7
April
29,
1917
March
16,
1916
Dec.
26,
1917
Sept.
14,
1917
Nov.
24,
1917
March
3,
1918
514
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[I 9 l8
189I.
1892s.
1894.
CLASS
1896.
189/.
I900.
I908.
1915-
Joseph Edgar Maxwell, D.D.
Conway Blizard Rogers
Robert Harley Boteler
John Montgomery, D.D.
Edward McCullough Calvin, D.D.
Samuel Craig Huston
Charles Frederick Morrison
Francis Young Nichols
John Wythe Lewis
Samuel McCullagh Linden
1857-1858.
GRADUATE STUDENT
Edward Patrick Shields, D.D.
Nov. 16, 1917
Jan. 13, 1918
March 7, 1918
Oct. 23, 1917
DIED
June 9, 1917
Dec. 24, 1917
Feb. 22, 1918
March 20, 1918
Nov. 8, 191 7
July 31, 1917
Oct. 19, 1917
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DIRECTOR AND TRUSTEE
CHARLES HENRY MATHEWS,
Son of Charles Henry and Margaret (Rodenson) Mathews,
was born April 21, 1844, m Doylestown, Pa. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Doylestown at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in Doylestown under the Rev. Silas Andrews
and in the Academy at Lawrenceville, N. J., and he graduated
from Princeton University in 1864. He studied law in Nor-
ristown, Pa., under Gilbert Rodman Fox, and was admitted to
the bar in 1867 and began the practice of his profession in
Philadelphia. He remained in that city engaged in his business
as a lawyer until his death, Dec. 10, 191 7, in Philadelphia,
after an illness of a few months, in the 74th year of his age.
He was buried in the cemetery of St. David's Church, Devon,
Pa. He was for many years an elder in the Calvary Church
of Philadelphia. He became a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia in 1869, and
in 1910 was made president of the Board. He gave much of
his time and thought to the interests of this institution. He
was the legal adviser of the Trustees of the General Assembly
and was a director of the Y. M. C. A. of Philadelphia. He
became a director of Princeton Seminary in 1901 and contin-
ued such until his death. He was a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Seminary from 1907 until his death.
He was married March 1, 1881, in New York City, to Har-
riet Selma Black, who with two sons survives him.
5l6 NECROLOGICAL REPORT t 10 ^
ALUMNI
WASHINGTON DAWSON McKINLEY,
Son of "William and Margaret (McMullen) McKinley, was
born Aug. 27, 1826, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Academic Department of the University
of Pennsylvania, and he graduated from that University in
1848. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of
the same )-ear. remaining three years, and continuing a fourth
year as a resident licentiate. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Philadelphia, April 9, 1851, and ordained an evan-
gelist by the Presbytery of Mohawk, Sept. 13, 1852. He sup-
plied the church of Oneida Valley, N. Y., from July 1852 to
October 1853, and the church at Tuscarora, N. Y., from No-
vember 1853 to January 1865. From September 1864 to
April 1866 he was professor of latin in the Temple Hill Acad-
emy of Geneseo, N. Y. He was pastor of the church at
Moscow, N. Y., from April 26, 1866, to April 21, 1873; stated
supply of the church at Castile, N. Y., from January 1874 to
January 1877, and pastor of the church at Pike, N. Y., from
Oct. 24, 1878, to April 18, 1882, when ill health compelled him
to give up the active work of the ministry. x After this he re-
sided in Warsaw, N. Y., until his death there Nov. 24, 191 7,
of old age, in his 92nd year. He was buried at Warsaw. Pie
was several times a commissioner to the General Assembly.
He was married Aug. 23, 1854, in Warsaw, N. Y., to Delia
Savage Miller who died April 1, 19 16.
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LEWIS HARVEY WADE,
Son of Thompson and Susannah (Williams) Wade, was born
June 9, 1820, at Connecticut Farms, near Union, N. J. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
church of Union, N. J., at the age of twenty-three. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the Cornelius Institute
of New York City and he graduated from Princeton Univer-
sity in 1849. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, remaining only a few weeks on account
of ill health. He took up his residence at Connecticut Farms,
near Union, N. J., and became a farmer residing there during
his entire life. He died there Sept. 10, 191 1, of old age, in his
92nd year. He was buried in the cemetery of the Presbyterian
church of Union, N. J. He was collector of taxes for Union
township for twelve years.
He was married March 5, 1878, in Union, N. J., to Ann
Frances Rivers, who died July 24, 1910.
CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSON,
Son of Frederick and Nancy (Chase) Johnson, was born
March 1, 1830, in Bradford, Mass. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Congregational church of Bradford at
the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the Philipps Academy at Andover, Mass., and he graduated
from Harvard University in 1853. During the next year he
engaged in teaching in the Philipps Academy at Andover. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1854, remaining one year.
Failing eye-sight prevented his continuing his course. He en-
tered upon mercantile pursuits in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later
in Boston, Mass., in which place he took up his residence in
1870. He later resided in Brookline, West Newton and New-
ton, Mass. He retired from business in 1890, living for some
time in California and then in Denver, Colo., until his death,
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March 19, 1910, in Denver, of old age, at the beginning of his
81 st year. He was buried in Denver. He was blind during the
last eighteen years of his life. Since 1874 he was an active
member of the Episcopal Church.
He was married in November 1866, in Boscawen, N. H., to
Marianne Webster, who died March 23, 1913. Two sons
survive him.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD McMILLAN, D.D., Ph.D.
Son of John and Mary (Ewing) McMillen, was born Aug.
19, 1827, in York County, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of West Alexander, Pa.,
at the age of twenty-two. He was a student in the West
Alexander Academy, but did not go to college. After leaving
the academy he engaged in teaching and entered the Seminary
at Princeton in 1854, taking the full three years' course and
graduating in 1857. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Philadelphia Second in April, 1857, an ^ ordained by the Pres-
bytery of Albany, Nov. 17, 1857, being at the same time in-
stalled pastor of the church at Princetown, N. Y., from which
he was released April 20, 1863. He was stated supply of the
church at Lithopolis, O., from June, 1863 to June, 1866; pastor
of the churches of Brunswick and Salem, 111., from Nov. 26,
1867, to April 15, 1870; stated supply of the Butler and Lone
Oak churches, Mo., from May, 1870 to May, 1872, and pastor
of the church at Perrineville, N. J., from Dec. 10, 1873, to
May 16, 1888. He was president of Richmond College, Ohio,
from 1888 to 1915. At this time he was honorably retired from
the active work of the ministry. He continued his residence
in Richmond until his death there, May 6, 1917, in the 90th year
of his age. He was buried at Richmond. He received the hon-
orary degree of Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1888 and
the honorary degree of D.D. from Richmond College in the
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same year. Among his publications were The Coming Millen-
nium, and Creation and Development of the Universe by the
Power of God.
He was married Aug. 25, 1858, in Princetown, N. Y., to
Nancy Josinah Akin, who died a few months prior to his own
death. Eight children survive him.
ALEXANDER BULLIONS MOREY, D.D.,
Son of Jonathan and Nancy (McClellan) Morey, was born
Nov. 13, 1836, in Mechanicsville, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Cambridge,
N. Y., at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the academy at Cambridge and he graduated from
Union College in 1856. He spent the next year in teaching
and in studying law. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1857, remaining until near the end of his senior year, but ill-
ness prevented the completion of his course. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Albany, May 3, 1859, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Indianapolis, May 2, 1861. He was stated
supply of the church of Franklin, Ind., from i860 until in-
stalled its pastor, May 2, 1861, and was released from this
charge April 25, 1871. He was pastor of the Fifth Church of
Cincinnati, O., from June 25, 1871, to Oct. 2"j, 1884, and
stated supply of the State Street Church, Jacksonville, 111.,
from Nov. 1884 until installed its pastor June 17, 1885. This
relation was dissolved in 1902, but he continued to serve this
church until 19 10. He continued his residence in Jacksonville
until his death there, Dec. 13, 1917, of pneumonia, in the 82nd
year of his age. He was buried at Jacksonville, 111. He was
moderator of the synod of Illinois, 1892-93, and moderator of
the Presbyteries of Springfield and Indianapolis several times.
He was a member of the Advisory Council of the World's
Fair Congress of Religions, and was chairman of the Commit-
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tee of Education of the Presbytery of Springfield. He pub-
lished several sermons, tracts and essays. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from Illinois College in 1890.
He was married April 19, 1861, in Schenectady, N. Y., to
Josephine Harman, who with one daughter survives him.
GEORGE HUMPHREY FULLERTON, D.D.,
Son of Hugh Stewart and Dorothy Blair (Boies) Fullerton,
was born Feb. 27, 1838, in Bloomingburg, O. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of South
Salem, O., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in South Salem and he graduated from Miami
University in 1858. He took the first two years of his theo-
logical course, 1858-60, in the Western Theological Seminary,
coming to the Seminary at Princeton in i860 as a senior, re-
maining that year without graduating. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Allegheny City April 21, i860, and ordained by
the Presbytery of Columbus May 4, 1863. He served the
church at Lancaster, O., as pastor-elect, from November 1862
until installed its pastor May 4, 1863. This relation was dis-
solved Sept. 30, 1864. His other pastorates were the follow-
ing: the First Church of Sandusky, O., from Oct. 2, 1864. to
Nov. 3, 1867; the Lane Seminary Church, Cincinnati, O., from
Nov. 17, 1867, to Nov. 29, 1874; the Second Church of Spring-
field, 111., from Dec. 17, 1874, to June 26, 1879; the Walnut
Hills Church, Cincinnati, from Oct. 1, 1879, to ° ct - l8 > l886 !
the Second Church of Springfield, O., from Nov. 7, 1886, to
July 12, 1891, and the Third Church of Springfield, O., from
1892 to 1901. After this he continued his residence in Spring-
field until his death, March 31, 1918, in Springfield, of natural
decay culminating in a cerebral hemorrhage, in the 81 st year of
his age. He was buried in the Ferncliff Cemetery of Spring-
field, O. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Wa-
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bash College in 1883. He published several addresses and
sermons.
He was married May 12, 1863, in Lancaster, O., to Mary
Ellen Work, who with two sons survives him.
JOHN ALEXANDER McGINLEY,
Son of John and Jane Eliza (Maclay) McGinley was born
Nov. 12, 1832, in Fairfield, Pa. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Academia, Pa., at
the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
Mount Holly, N. J., and Academia, Pa., and he graduated
from Princeton University in 1858. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1861. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Huntingdon June 11, 1861, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery Aug. 12, 1862. He was
chaplain in the United States Army from January to Decem-
ber 1862. He never entered the active ministry. He engaged
in teaching for a time in Academia, Pa., and in Reading, Pa.
He traveled in Europe from 1870 to 187 1. He resided in
Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic City, N. J., and the last fifteen
or twenty years of his life in Reading, Pa., where he died
July 29, 1914, of heart disease, in the 82nd year of his age.
He was buried at Reading. He was unmarried.
JOHN MILTON CARMICHAEL,
Son of Simon Peter and Margaret (McEwen) Carmichael, was 1
born Nov. 1, 1835, in Johnstown, N. Y. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Johnstown
at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Johnstown Academy and he graduated from Union
College, Schenectady, in 1859. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the full three
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years' course there, graduating in 1862. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Albany Feb. 11, 1862, and ordained by the
La Crosse Congregational District Convention April 16, 1867.
He supplied the Presbyterian church of South East Centre,
N. Y., from May, 1862, to May, 1863, and the church at West
Galway, N. Y., from December, 1863 to April, 1866. He was
assistant pastor of the Congregational church of Sparta, Wis.,
from January, 1867, to January, 1876. He then served as pas-
tor-elect of the Presbyterian church of Marshalltown, Iowa,
from February, 1876, to April, 1880. He was stated supply of
the Congregational church of Depere, Wis., from 1880 to 1881,
and pastor of the Congregational church of Caledonia, N. Y.,
from Nov. 15, 1882, to Oct. 15, 1886. He served the Congre-
gational church at Nunda, N. Y., as pastor-elect from 1888 to
1899. After this he resided in Caledonia, N. Y., until his death
there, June 8, 191 7, in the 82nd year of his age. He was buried
at Amsterdam, N. Y. He published a number of sermons and
addresses.
He was married Jan. 24, 1867, in West Galway, N. Y., to
Agnes Logan, who survives him.
FRANCIS JAMES COLLIER, D.D.,
Son of Daniel Lewis and Hetty (Larimore) Collier, was born
July 21, 1838, in Steubenville, O. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Steu-
benville at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the select schools of Steubenville and for one year at
the Monogalia Academy, Morgantown, Va., and he graduated
from Jefferson College in 1858. He spent the next year in
teaching. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1859, tak-
ing the full three years' course and graduating in 1862. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia April 27, 1864.
He became stated supply of the church of Centre, Pa., Nov. 8,
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1863, and was installed its pastor April 27, 1864. He was re-
leased from this charge Dec. 13, 1870. He spent the next
year in travel in Europe. He was pastor of the church at
Dowingtown, Pa., from Oct. 9, 1872, to Sept. 18, 1888. He
engaged in work as an evangelist in Philadelphia from 1888
to 1892, his health not permitting him to take up the full work
of the pastorate. He was stated supply of the church at
Woodstown, N. J., from 1892 to 1909. After this he resided in
Collingswood, N. J., until his death Feb. 15, 1918, in Collings-
wood, of heart failure after an attack of grip, in the 80th
year of his age. He was buried in the Woodlands Cemetery,
Philadelphia, Pa. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
in 1885 from the Otterbein University. He was moderator of
the Presbytery of Ohio in 1866 and of the Presbytery of
Chester in 1875, and again in 1891. He was a delegate to the
General Assembly of 1866, 1874 and 1887. He published:
Rules for Spelling, 1862; Christian Cheerfulness, a prize es-
say, 1865 ; Chartiers Church and its Ministers, 1875 ; History
of the Dowingtown Presbyterian Church, 1876; History of the
Centre Presbyterian Church, 1881 ; History of the Class of
1858, Jefferson College, 1883; History of the Presbyterian
Church, Woodstown, N. J., 1907, as well as several sermons
and temperance tracts and articles in the religious press, par-
ticularly in The Presbyterian. He was secretary of the Board
of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College from 1865 to
1869; treasurer of the Presbytery of Chester from 1875 to
1906, and Secretary of the Philadelphia Ministers' Association.
He was married June 2, 1874, in St. Louis, Mo., to Maria
Pomeroy Aull, who survives him.
WALTER SCOTT BROWN,
Son of James and Margaret Welsh (Scott) Brown, was born
Dec. 13, 1834, in the Parish of Kirkmichael, Dumfrieshire,
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Scotland. He made a public confession of his faith in the
Presbyterian church of Florida, N. Y., at the age of nineteen.
His preparatory studies were pursued in Florida and Goshen,
N. Y., and he graduated from Princeton University in i860.
Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same
year, he took the full three years' course, graduating in 1863.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Hudson (O. S.), Sept.
n, 1862, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery,
Sept. 12, 1863. He engaged in work as superintendent of city
missions in New Brunswick, N. J., from June 1863 to June
1864. He was pastor of the church at White Lake, N. Y., from
Sept. 14, 1864, to April 17, 1867. He was stated supply of the
Reformed church of Fallsburgh, N. Y., from May 12, 1867, to
May 13, 1868, and pastor of the same from the latter date until
April 17, 1888. He supplied the Reformed churches of Clarks-
ville and Onesquethaw, N. Y., as pastor-elect, from May 20,
1888, to June 28, 1891. He was pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Sand Lake, N. Y., from Oct. 14, 1891, to Dec. 12,
19 10, and after this pastor emeritus until his death, March
8, 1918, at Averill Park, near Sand Lake, N. Y., of a heart
affection, in the 84th year of his age. He was buried at Sand
Lake. He was a delgate to the Third General Conference of
Reformed Churches at Belfast, Ireland, in 1884, and a dele-
gate to the Fourth World's Sunday School Convention at Jeru-
salem in 1904, and was twice a commissioner to the General
Assembly. Among his publications were the following: The
Reformed Church of Fallsburgh, in Quinlans History of
Sullivan County, 1872; Historical Sketch of the First Re-
formed Church of Fallsburgh, 1877 ; the Life of Austin Strong,
1872; Annual Reports of the Sullivan County Sunday School
Association, 1873, 1874, 1875, etc.; several tracts on Sunday
School matters and articles in the Christian Intelligencer, and
other religious and secular papers. He was a correspondent of
the Troy Times for a number of years.
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He was married Sept. 13, 1865, in Youngsville, N. Y., to
Janet Gosman DeWitt, who with one son and four daughters
survives him.
ISEAEL CAELETON,
Son of John and Mary Jane (Chapman) Carleton, was born
March 13, 1832, in Haverhill, Mass. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the West Congregational Church of
Haverhill at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Academy of Atkinson, N. H., and he graduated
from Williams College in 1857. He spent the next five years
in teaching. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1862,
remaining only two weeks, ill health preventing his staying
longer. He spent two years in the Bangor Theological Semi-
nanry and a third year in the Hartford Theological Seminary.
He was licensed by the Penobscot Congregational Association
in July, 1862, and ordained by a Congregational Council in
East Glaston, Conn., Aug. 13, 1863. He supplied the Congre-
gational church of Buckingham, Conn., from November 1862
until becoming its pastor Aug. 13, 1863, and remained such
until October 1865. From 1866 to 1870 he engaged in home
missionary work in Utica and Breckenridge, Mo. He supplied
the Congregational church of Meadville, Mo., from August
1 87 1 to November 1876, and the Congregational church of
Stokes Mound, Mo., from 1872 to 1882. From the latter date
until 1884 he resided in Utica, Mo., and from this time until
his death in Lebanon, Ore. He died Jan. 28, 1917, in Lebanon,
of old age and the grip, in the 85th year of his age. He was
buried in Lebanon.
He was twice married: (1) Sept. 23, 1863, m Brooklyn,
N. Y., to Phoebe Miller who died Sept. 7, 1897; (2) Oct. 16,
1902, in Sacramento, Cal., to Mrs. Hattie A. (Stephens) Ball,
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who died Dec. 4, 191 6. Four sons and three daughters by his
first wife survive him.
ROBERT JAMES BRACE,
Son of Richard and Mary (Stares) Brace, was born July 19,
1834, in St. Johns, Newfoundland. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of
Trenton, N. J., at the age of twenty-two. His preparatory
studies were pursued in Newfoundland under John I. Rod-
dick, but he did not attend college. Before entering the Semi-
nary he engaged in teaching. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1861, remaining only eight months. He was
never licensed or ordained. He engaged in teaching at May's
Landing, N. J., from 1862 to 1863, when ill health compelled
him to rest. He taught in the public school at Port Republic,
N. J., from 1866 to 1867. He engaged in business in Wey-
mouth, N. J., from 1867 to 1871, when he became the book-
keeper in the First National Bank of Camden, N. J., continuing
in this work until 1874. He was deputy collector of the U. S.
Internal Revenue in Camden from 1874 to 1887, and cashier of
the Broad Street National Bank of Trenton, N. J., from 1889
to 191 1, when he retired. He continued his residence in
Trenton until his death. He disappeared from his home in
Trenton Nov. 1, 1916, and it is supposed was drowned in the
Delaware. His body was never found. He was in his 83rd
year at the time of his death.
He was married May 28, 1875, in Portland, Me., to Florence
C. Curtis, who with one son survives him.
WILLIAM EDGAR HONEYMAN,
Son of Robert Miller and Margaret Foxall (Hedges) Honey-
man, was born July 26, 1839, in New Germantown, N. J. He
made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian
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church at Lamington, N. J., at the age of fifteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in Lamington under the Rev.
W. W. Blauvelt, D.D., and he graduated from Princeton Uni-
versity in 1861. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year he took the three years' course there, but
illness prevented his graduation. He was licensed by the
Presbytery of Elizabeth April 22, 1863, and ordained an evan-
gelist by the Presbytery of Rockaway Aug. 23, 1865. He was
stated supply of the church at Rockaway, N. J., from April
1865 to April 1866, and of the church at Shenandoah, Pa.,
from September 1866 to September 1869. He was pastor of
the church at Ashland, Pa., from December 1869 to November
1870. He supplied the church at Wabasha, Minn., from May
1871 to May 1873, and the church at Longmont, Colo., from
May 1873 t0 September 1874. From 1875 to 1879 he was a
teacher of Chinese in Napa, Cal. From 1880 to 1886 he resided
without charge in Plainfield, N. J. In 1887 he was honorably
retired from the active ministry and continued his residence in
Plainfield until his death, April 1, 1918, in North Plainfield,
N. J., of heart trouble, in the 79th year of his age. He was
buried in New Germantown, N. J. He wrote various articles
for the newspapers and magazines and tracts on temperance.
He was married June 27, 1865, in Mt. Freedom, N. J., to
Harriet Louisa DeHart, who survives him.
STEPHEN ALLEN CALIFF,
Son of Allen and Hannah Arnold (Thomas) Cailff, was born
Feb. 29, 1836, in East Smithfield, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Congregational church of East
Smithfield at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute of Towanda,
Pa., and he graduated from Jefferson College in 1862. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year
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he took the full three years' course, graduating in 1865. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of Susquehanna Aug. 30,
1865, and ordained an evangelist by the same Presbytery May
14, 1867. He was stated supply of the Congregational churches
of West Newark and Speedsville, N. Y., from May 1866 to
May 1869; of the Presbyterian churches of Wells, Columbia
and North Wells, Pa., from 1870 to 1872, and of the Mt.
Zion Church of Mclntyre, Pa., from August 1872 to Novem-
ber 1875, engaging in teaching during this period. From 1875
to 1881 he resided in East Smithfield, Pa., being unable to
engage in pastoral work on account of ill health. After this
he supplied the following churches : Mt. Zion, Pa., from Au-
gust 1881 to October 1884; the Congregational church of East
Smithfield, Pa., from 1885 to 1898, and the Presbyterian
church of Poundridge, N. Y., from 1898 to 1907. Retiring
from active work at this time, he resided in East Smithfield,
Pa., until his death Oct. 22, 191 7, in Ulster, Pa., of palsy, in
the 82nd year of his age. He was buried in the Union Ceme-
tery of East Smithfield, Pa. He was postmaster at Mclntyre,
Pa., from November 1882 to December 1884.
He was married April 27, 1865, in Williamsburg, L. I., N. Y.,
to Emily Matthews, who died May 3, 1913. One son and one
daughter survive him.
ROBERT SCOTT,
Son of William and Jane (Colvin) Scott, was born Dec. 25,
1834, in Drumholm, County Donegal, Ireland. He was con-
firmed in the Episcopal Church at the age of thirteen. He
became a Methodist at the age of seventeen and joined the
Presbyterian Church at the age of twenty-one. His prepara-
tory studies were pursued in Glasgow, Scotland, and under
the Rev. J. J. A. Morgan in Philadelphia, Pa., and he gradu-
ated from Lafayette College in 1862. Entering the Seminary
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at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the full three
years' course there, graduating in 1865. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Philadelphia April 20, 1864, and ordained
by the Presbytery of Oswego Oct. 25, 1865, being at the same
time installed pastor of the church at Smithville Flats, N. Y.,
and was released from this charge May 9, 1869. He supplied
the church at Moriches, L. I., from May 1869 until installed
its pastor Jan. 13, 1870, and was released Jan. 2, 1872. At
this time he determined to enter the Episcopal ministry and
spent one term at the General Theological Seminary in New
York in 1872. He was ordained a deacon by Bishop Williams
July 21, 1872, and a priest by Bishop Littlejohn Jan. 19, 1873.
He served the following Episcopal churches: Hyde Park,
Mass., 1872-74; Grace Church, West Farms, N. Y., 1874-76;
Calvary Church, Santa Cruz, Cal., 1876-79; Roselle, N. J.,
1879-86; Beatrice, Neb., 1886-91; Snow Hill, Md., 1891-95;
Fort Edward, N. Y., 1897-01 ; Middleville, N. Y., 1901-05, and
Marianna and DeFuniak Springs, Fla., 1906-08. He served
these last two churches for eight months each year. He re-
sided in Deland, Fla., for six months of the years 1909-15, and
in Williamstown, Mass., during the rest of the year. He died
Oct. 14, 191 5, in Williamstown. He published several ser-
mons.
He was married Oct. 24, 1889, in Waterford, N. Y., to
Cornelia Porter Leland, who survives him.
LEVI CLAHK LITTELL,
Son of David and Mary Ann (McDonald) Littell, was born
Feb. 1, 183 1, in Newark, N. J. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth.
N. J., at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in Flushing Institute, L. I. He was a student in Amherst
College from 185 1 to 1852. After this he engaged in teaching
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and business. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1863,
remaining two months. He took the three years' course in
the Western Theological Seminary, from which he graduated
in 1867. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Allegheny
in 1865, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery
of Fort Wayne Dec. 4, 1867. He was stated supply of the
following churches: Millersburg and Ligonier, Ind., 1867-68;
Waterloo City, Ind., 1868-69 ; the John Knox Church, Vic-
toria, 111., 1870-71 ; Grace Mission, Peoria, 111., from April to
October 1871 ; Lacon, 111., 1871-72; Rushville, 111., from May to
September 1872; Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1872-74; Winchester, 111.,
1874-76; Taylorsville, 111., 1876-78; Yates City, 111., 1879-80;
Pontiac, 111., 1880; Gilman, 111., 1880-81 ; the Second Church of
Mt. Vernon, 111., 1881-82, and Bardolph and Good Hope, 111.,
1883-85. At this time ill health compelled him to abandon
the active work of the ministry. He took up his residence in
Rushville, 111., until his death there Oct. 28, 1917, of pneumonia,
after a few days' illness, in the 87th year of his age. He was
buried at Rushville. For over thirty years he engaged in busi-
ness in connection with the Loan and Homestead Association
of Rushville.
He was married June 18, 1873, in Rushville, 111., to Annetta
McCreary, who survives him.
ARTHUR HUBBARD SOMES,
Son of Benjamin and Ruhamah French (Stevens) Somes, was
born Jan. 24, 1835, in Meredith, N. H. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Franklin Street Congregational
Church of Manchester, N. H., at the age of twenty-five. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the Colby Academy, New
London, N. H., and he entered Dartmouth College remaining
until 1861. He then engaged in teaching in the Blair Presby-
terial Academy of Blairstown, N. J., for two years. He en-
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tered the Seminary at Princeton in 1863 and remained two
years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Newton, N. J.,
in April 1865, and ordained by a Council of Congregational
churches at Warren, Mass., Aug. 18, 1866, becoming at the
same time pastor of the West Congregational Church of War-
ren. He remained in this charge until Aug. 31, 1869. He sup-
plied the Presbyterian church of South Bethlehem, Pa., from
December 1875 until installed its pastor Feb. 7, 1876, and was
released from this charge April 18, 1877. He supplied the
church at Warren, Mass., from 1877 to 1882. From 1882 to
1888 he was superintendent of schools at Barnstable, Mass.
After this he resided in West Warren, Mass., for two years.
He was pastor of the Congregational church of Otis, Mass.,
from 1890 to 1894. He continued his residence in Otis from
this time until his death there July 30, 1913, of old age, in his
79th year. He was buried at Otis Center, Mass.
He was married Dec. 30, 1862, in Barnstable, Mass., to
Helen Adelaide Bodfish, who died Dec. 21, 1881. One son and
one daughter survive him.
JAMES AVERY WORDEN, D.D., LL.D.
Son of Isaac and Rebecca Ann (McCracken) Worden, was
born Dec. 10, 1841, in Oxford, O. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First United Presbyterian Church of
Xenia, O., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the high schools of Xenia and Beaver Creek,
O., and he graduated from Miami University in 1861. He
served in the Union Army as a private and second lieutenant
from the fall of 1861 to the summer of 1863 in the 74th Ohio
Volunteers. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1863,
taking the full three years' course there and graduating in 1866.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Columbus May 8, 1865.
and ordained by the Presbytery of Mohawk Feb. 14, 1867. He
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supplied the First Church of Oswego, N. Y., from May 1866
until installed its co-pastor Feb. 14, 1867. This relation was
dissolved Dec. 29, 1871. He was pastor of the Second Church
of Steubenville, O., from 1872 to 1878. At this time he was
called to what proved his life work as superintendent of
Sabbath School work under the Board of Publication in Phila-
delphia. In 1880 the title of his work was changed to that of
secretary, and in 1887 to that of superintendent, and in 1905
to that of superintendent of Sabbath School training. He was
engaged in this work until his death, residing in Philadelphia,
where he died Oct. 24, 1917, of arterio-sclerosis, in the 76th
year of his age. He was buried in Princeton, N. J. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of D.D. from Lafayette College
in 1883 and that of LL.D. from Miami University in 1899.
Dr. YVorden was a constant attendant at the General Assem-
bly. He was a member of the Lesson Committee of the Inter-
national Sunday School Association from 1878 to 1885. He
was chairman of the Sabbath School and Young People's
Work Committee of the Pan-Presbyterian Council. He served
on the Christian Commission in the summer of 1864, and sup-
plied various churches in and about Philadelphia. From 1888
to 190 1 he taught the Sunday School teachers of Philadelphia
and vicinity in Association Hall, Philadelphia. He was the
leader of many summer assemblies and Bible conferences.
Among his publications were : The Bible and Public Schools ;
Cumberland Valley Normal Guide ; A Pastor's Memorial ; A
Normal Class Text Leaf on the Origin of the Bible ; The False
Religions of the Bible ; Westminster Normal Outlines, Junior
Courses ; Westminster Normal Outlines, Middle Courses ; seven
volumes of Bible Correspondence School Text Books ; eight
numbers of the Westminster Normal Quarterly; Outlines of
the Life of Christ; two volumes of the Bible Teachers' Quar-
terly, as well as sermons and addresses. For twelve years he
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was the writer of Suggestions for Teaching in the Westmin-
ster Teacher.
He was married Feb. 27, 1867, in Princeton, N. J., to Mary
Reeder Hendrickson, who with one son and one daughter sur-
vives him.
HENRY HAMLIN STEBBINS, D.D.,
Son of Philander Wright and Marietta (Hamlin) Stebbins,
was born June 3, 1839, in New York City. He made a public
confession of his faith in the South Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Phillips Academy, Andover, and he graduated from
Yale University in 1862. He spent the next two years as a
tutor in a private family. He entered Union Seminary, New
York City in 1864, remaining two years, and the Seminary at
Princeton in 1866, completing his course there and graduat-
ing in 1867. He was licensed by the Third Presbytery of New
York April 2, 1867, and ordained by the Fourth Presbytery of
New York, Oct. 8, 1867, being at the same time installed pas-
tor of the church at Riverdale, N. Y. He was released from
this charge Dec. 9, 1873. He was pastor of Grace Church,
Oswego, N. Y., from Jan. 8, 1874, to Feb. 6, 1888, and of the
Central Church, Rochester, N. Y., from April 17, 1888, to
Jan. 18, 1904. He was stated supply of the West End Church,
New York City, from October 1904 to February 1905. After
this he resided in Rochester, N. Y., until his death there Aug.
19, 1917, of cancer, in the 79th year of his age. He was buried
at Oswego, N. Y. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from Hamilton College in 1883. He published occasional
sermons.
He was twice married: (1) Jan. 30, 1868, in Brooklyn, N.
Y., to Caroline Stanford Van Cott, who died Jan. 15, 1876; (2)
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June ii, 1878, in Oswego, N. Y., to Julia Frances Allen, who
died Dec. 14, 1905. Two sons and two daughters survive him.
JOHN LOW ROGERS TEASK, D.D.,
Son of Joshua Phippen and Mary Ellery (Rogers) Trask, was
born Dec. 19, 1842, in Hampden, Me. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the church of Williams College at the
age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued in
the high school at Gloucester, Mass., in the Drummer Acad-
emy, Byfield, Mass., and in the Atkinson Academy, N. H., and
he graduated from Williams College in 1864. He received the
Phi Beta Kappa key. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in
the fall of the same year he remained there two years. He
completed his theological course at Andover, graduating in
1867. He was licensed by the Essex North Congregational
Association Dec. 19, 1866, and ordained by an Ecclesiastical
Council of Congregational churches at Holyoke, Mass., Dec.
4, 1867, being at the same time installed pastor of the Second
Congregational Church of Holyoke. He was released from
this charge in May 1893. He was pastor of Trinity Congrega-
tional Church, Lawrence, Mass., from 1884 to 1888, and of
the Memorial Congregational Church of Springfield, Mass.,
from December 1888 to December 1903. After this he contin-
ued his residence in Springfield. He died March 23, 1916, in
Hartford, Conn., of arterio-sclerosis, in the 74th year of his
age. He was buried at Springfield, Mass. He received the hon-
orary degree of D.D. from Williams College in 1889. He was
a member of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Holyoke College
from 1878 until his death, and secretary of the Board from
1879 until his death. He published many articles in religious
and secular newspapers and An Oration on the Two Hundred
and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Gloucester,
Mass., 1892.
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He was married May 1, 1871, in Dunbarton, N. H., to Abby
Jane Parker, who with one son and two daughters survives him.
HENRY RODNEY HALL,
Son of Henry Fisher and Hester (Rodney) Hall, was born
March 17, 1843, in Lewes, Del. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Snow Hill, Md.,
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Snow Hill and he graduated from Princeton University in
1863. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year, but was obliged to leave before the end of his first
year on account ill health. He engaged in teaching during the
year 1864-65. He returned to the Seminary as a middler in
1865 and on account of ill health continued the studies of the
middle year until 1867, and graduated in 1868. He was li-
censed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia Central in the spring
of 1868, and ordained by the Presbytery of Burlington May 4,
1869, being at the same time installed pastor of the Platts-
burg and Columbus churches, N. J. This relation was dis-
solved Dec. 22, 1908, after an unusual pastorate of thirty-nine
years. He continued his residence in Columbus for a time
and then moved to Lewes, Del., where he died Feb. 13, 1918,
of valvular heart disease, in the 75th year of his age. He was
buried in the cemetery of the Presbyterian church of Lewes,
Del.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 2, 1869, in Dover, Del., to
Henrietta A. Stout, who died May 1, 1871 ; (2) Jan. 17,
1876, in Sykesville, N. J., to Mary E. Goodell, who died Oct.
30, 1877.
PETER HATHAWAY KEMPER McCOMB, D.D.,
Son of Robert Cooper and Ann Spencer (Kemper) McComb,
was born Nov. 29, 1842, in London, O. He made a public con-
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fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hanover,
Ind., at the age of nineteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Monroe Academy, Ohio, and in the preparatory de-
partment of Hanover College, from which he graduated in
1864. He spent the next year in teaching and in work as a
carpenter. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1865
and remained until April 1868. He was licensed by the Pres-
bytery of Miami May 8, 1867, and ordained by the Presbytery
of Carlisle Dec. 16, 1868, being at the same time installed pastor
of the church at New Bloomfield, Pa., from which he was re-
leased April 12, 1870. He was pastor of the church at Macomb,
111., from Oct. 10, 1870, to May 13, 1873. He served the church
at Louisiana, Mo., as pastor-elect from Oct. 19, 1873, to April
8, 1877. He was pastor of the church at Webster Groves, Mo.,
from July 10, 1877, to Sept. 22, 1887, and of the church at
Bucyrus, O., from Nov. 1, 1887, to April 13, 1892. He was
professor of history and philosophical science in Hanover Col-
lege from 1892 to 1910, when he was made professor emeritus.
He resided in Indianapolis, Ind., from 1910 to 1913, in Kan-
sas City, Kas., from 1913 to 1915, in Washington, D. C, the
following year, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., from April to Decem-
ber 1917, and thereafter in Kansas City, Mo., until his death
there, Dec. 19, 1917, of artefio-sclerosis, in the 76th year of his
age. He was buried in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Cincin-
nati, O. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Han-
over College in 1900. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery
of St. Louis from 1878 to 1887, and completed a register of
the Presbytery of St. Louis from its organization. He served
in the civil war as a sergeant in the 137th Indiana Volunteers
from May to October 1864.
He was married June 10, 1869, m New Bloomfield, Pa., to
Virginia Bell Hackett, who with one son and three daughters
survives him.
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ROBERT CHAMBERS, D.D.,
Son of Robert and Catherine Lucas (Nesbitt) Chambers, was
born May i, 1849, in Norwick, Ont, Canada. He made a
public confession of his faith in the St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church of Oxford County, Ont., at the age of fifteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the public schools of Nor-
wich and under a private tutor, and he graduated from Queen's
University, Kingston, Canada, in 1866. He entered the Semi-
nary at Princeton in 1866 remaining one year. The following
year was spent at his father's home. He returned to the Semi-
nary in 1868 and completed his course, graduating in 1870.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of London, Ont., June 15,
1870, and ordained by the same Presbytery July 5, 1870, being
at the same time installed pastor of the St. Andrew's Church,
East Williams, Canada. He was released from this charge
July 5, 1876. He was pastor of the St. Andrew's Church,
Whitby, Canada, from July 25, 1876, to Feb. 17, 1879. At this
time he became a foreign missionary and engaged in mission-
ary work in Erzroom, Turkey, from November 1879 to April
1888. He was in the United States on a furlough from 1888
to 1 89 1. During this time he assisted the Chicago and New
York District Secretaries of the A. B. C. F. M. Re-entering
his missionary work he was stationed at Bardezag, Turkey,
until 191 1. During the year 1912-13 he was at home on fur-
lough. In 1914 he was again engaged in missionary work at
Scutari, returning to the United States the year following.
After this he was unable to resume his missionary labors. He
took up his residence in Newton, Mass., where he died April
2, 191 7, of heart disease, in the 68th year of his age. He was
buried in Woodstock, Ont., Canada. He received the hon-
orary degree of D.D. from Queen's University, Canada, in
1897. He assisted in the editorial work of the Funk & Wag-
nails Encyclopedia of Missions and compiled several of its
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articles. He contributed sermons in the Armenian language
for a volume published in 1907, and published numerous ser-
mons and articles in the newspapers and magazines. When
stationed at Bardezag he was principal of the Bithynia High
School, and director of the Orphange and Hospital, and mis-
sionary in charge of the Nicodemia Province, Turkey.
He was married Dec. 31, 1872, in Dereham, County Oxford,
Ont., to Elizabeth Lawson, who with two sons survives him.
CASPER BENE GREGOEY, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D.,
Son of Henry Duval and Mary (Jones) Gregory, was born
Nov. 6, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church
of Philadelphia at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in his father's school in Philadelphia and he
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1864. He
spent the next three years in teaching in his father's school.
During this time he spent two years, 1865-67, in the Reformed
Presbyterian Seminary in Philadelphia. He entered the Semi-
nary at Princeton in 1867, taking the full three years' course
and graduating in 1870. He was licensed by the Presbytery
of Philadelphia April 12, 1869. He returned to Princeton
after his graduation for three years, assisting Dr. Charles
Hodge in the preparation of his work on Systematic Theology,
for which he made the index. After this he went to Leipzig,
Germany, and became a student in the University there. From
1876 to 1884 he was assistant editor of the Theologische Litera-
turzeitung of Leipzig. He was pastor of the American chapel
at Leipzig from 1878 to 1879. In 1884 he became a privat-
docent in the University of Leipzig. In 1889 he was made an
extraordinary professor in the same University and in 1891
an honorary professor in this University. He held this office
until his death. He is known to the theological world as an
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author and a specialist in the line of textual criticism. When
the war broke out he insisted upon volunteering in the German
army in spite of his age and was finally accepted and sent to
the battle field in France. He fell in battle April 9, 1917, in
the 71st year of his age. The place of his burial is not now
known. He received the degree of S.T.D. in 1893 from the
University of Leipzig; the honorary degree of LL.D., in 1899
from the University of Pennsylvania; the honorary degree
of D.D. in 1901 from the University of Glasgow, and the hon-
orary degree of LL.D. in 1901 from Yale University. He be-
came a naturalized citizen of Germany in 1884. He made
journeys to most European countries, Egypt and Asia Minor,
for examination of Greek manuscripts of the New Testament.
He was an honorary member of the Greek Philological Syllogos
and Archaeological Institute of America. He was a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society and of the American Philosophi-
cal Society. He was a voluminous author, particularly on sub-
jects connected with the textual criticism of the New Testa-
ment. He was the translator of Luthardt's St. John, the Au-
thor of the Fourth Gospel, 1875 ; and of the same author's
Commentary on St. John's Gospel, 1876-78; Prolegomena to
Tischendorf's New Testament Graece, 1884-94; Les cahiers
des manuscrits grecs, 1885 ; Textkritik des Neuen Testaments,
1900-09; Canon and Text of the New Testament, 1907; Das
Freer Legion, 1908; Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen
Testaments, 1908; Einleitung in das Neue Testament, 1909;
Die Schriften Carl Wesselys, 1909; Vorschlage fur eine krit-
ische Ausgabe des Neuen Testaments, 191 1, and Die Koridethi
Evangelien (with G. Beermann), 1913.
He was married Sept. 29, 1886, in Cambridge, Mass., Lucy
Watson Thayer, who with one son and three daughters sur-
vives him.
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[JAMES] DUNCAN BROWN, D.D.,
Son of Cyrus Sumner and Julia Rosalind (Duncan) Brown,
was born June 6, 1844, in Hannibal, Mo. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Ashley,
Mo., at the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the high school of Shelbyville, Mo., and he grad-
uated from Pardee College, Missouri, in 1868. Entering the
Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the
full three years' course there, graduating in 1871. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Palmyra April 6, 1870, and or-
dained by the Presbytery of Osage April 23, 1872. He was
stated supply of the churches of Warsaw and Sunny Side, Mo.,
from May 1871 to February 1872 ; of the churches of Clarence
and Shelbyville, Mo., from 1873 to 1874, and of the church at
Palmyra, Mo., from 1874 to 1877. He was stated supply of
the churches of Mound City and Craig, Mo., from 1877 until
installed their pastor in 1880, and continued in this relation
until 1882. During this charge he engaged in teaching in the
Mound City Academy. He was professor of Ancient Lan-
guages in the Highland University, Kansas, from 1882 to
1883. He was stated supply of the Oak Grove and North
churches of St. Joseph, Mo., from 1883 to 1885, and was presi-
dent of the Highland University, Kansas, from 1885 to 1889.
He was President of the Brookfield College, Missouri, from
1889 to 1891. After this he supplied the church at Macon,
Mo., from 1891 to 1893, and the church at Tarkio, Mo., from
1894 to 1902. During the next year he engaged in home mis-
sionary work in Arizona. He was pastor of the First Church
of Mexico City, Mex., from Oct. 19, 1903, to April 1, 1907,
and stated supply of the Second Church of St. Joseph, Mo.,
from 1907 until his death Feb. 26, 1918, in Santa Fe, N. M.,
in the 74th year of his age. He was buried at St. Joseph, Mo.
He received the honorary degree of D.D. in 1886 from High-
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land University, Kansas. At the time of his death he was
chaplain of the Custer Post No. 7, G. A. R., of St. Joseph.
He served in the civil war from August 1861 to February
1862, in the 25th Missouri Volunteers and from February
1862 to March 1865 in the 3rd Missouri Cavalry Volunteers.
From 1879 to 1880 he was president of the Missouri State
Sunday School Association and was a director of the National
Educational Association from 1888 to 1891. He published
occasional sermons and addresses in the newspapers, and sev-
eral Spanish pamphlets on Presbyterianism.
He was married Aug. 25, 1874, in Clarence, Mo., to Mattie
Young Lewis, who with one son and four daughters survives
him.
HENRY BARTLETT GAGE, D.D.,
Son of William and Mary A. (Lambert) Gage, was born
June 15, 1845, in Frankfort, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Concord, O., at the
age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Academy at South Salem, O., and he graduated from Marietta
College in 1869. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year he remained one year. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Colorado April 1, 1871, and ordained an
evangelist by the same Presbytery Sept. 8, 1872. He was
stated supply of the Colorado City and Colorado Springs
churches, Colo., from October 1870 to October 1873 ; pastor of
the Central City and Black Hawk churches, Colo., from Octo-
ber 1873 t0 January 1876; was stated supply of the church at
Colorado Springs from January 1876 to January 1879; pastor
of the church at Pueblo, Colo., from November 1879 t0 Au-
gust 1886; pastor-elect of the Arlington Church, Riverside,
Cal., from 1886 until installed its pastor in May 1887, continu-
ing as such until Oct. 1, 1900 ; pastor of the church at Long
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Beach, Cal., from May 3, 1901, to April 1, 1905, and engaged
in missionary work in connection with the Presbytery of Los
Angeles from 1906 until 1907. He served the church at
Downey, Cal., as pastor-elect from 1908 to 191 1; the Hope
Church, Los Angeles, as stated supply, from 191 1 to 1913, and
the church at Arcadia, Cal., as stated supply, from 1914 to
191 5. At this time he was honorably retired from the active
ministry and resided in Los Angeles until his death, April 8,
1917, in Los Angeles, of paralysis, in the 72nd year of his age.
He was buried at Riverside, Cal. He received the honorary de-
gree of D.D. in 1902 from Marietta College. He was a con-
stant writer for the religious and secular papers.
He was married Nov. 26, 1874, in Denver, Colo., to Sophia
Bell Cort, who with three sons and three daughters survives
him.
HENRY LUMPEIN GRIFFIN,
Son of Nathaniel Herrick and Hannah Elizabeth (Bulkley)
Griffin, was born Dec. 1, 1848, in Williamstown, Mass. He
made a public confession of his faith in the college church at
Williamstown at the age of sixteen. He pursued his prepara-
tory studies in Williamstown under his father and graduated
from Williams College in 1868. He spent the next year in
teaching. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1869,
remaining the first year and part of the second. He then spent
two years in the Yale Divinity School, from which he gradu-
ated in 1873. He was licensed by the New Haven Congrega-
tional Association in 1871 and ordained by a Congregational
Council at New Britain, Conn., Oct. 1, 1873, being at the same
time installed pastor of the South Congregational Church of
New Britain. He continued in this charge until Dec. 20, 1877.
He then spent a year of travel in Europe and after this two
years as a student in the University of Berlin. He was pastor of
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the Hammond Street Congregational Church at Bangor, Me.,
from Dec. 28, 1881, to March 20, 1904. He then went to Ger-
many to pursue special studies in the University of Leipzig
and in the University of Marburg. After this he studied in
the University of Oxford, England. Returning to this country
he took up his residence in Bangor, Me., and was a lecturer on
comparative religions in the Bangor Theological Seminary from
1907 to 1917. From 1907 to 1916 he was the pastor of the
Second Congregational Church of Brewer, Me. He died Sept.
27, 191 7, in Bangor, of heart disease, in the 69th year of his
age. He was buried at Bangor. He received the honorary
degree of D.D., from Williams College in 1906. He was a
trustee of the Maine Missionary Society and of the Bangor
Theological Seminary.
He was married Sept. 18, 1884, in Bangor, Me., to Lucy
Frances Pickering, who survives him.
ROBERT FINLEY McCLEAN,
Son of Moses and Hannah Mary (McConaughy) McClean, was
born March 13, 1845, in Gettysburg, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in Christ's Lutheran Church, Gettys-
burg, at the age of eighteen. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the Preparatory Department of Pennsylvania Col-
lege, Gettysburg, and he graduated from that institution in
1868. He then spent one year teaching in the public school
of Catasaqua, Pa. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1869, taking the full three years' course there and graduating
in 1872. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle June
21, 1871, and ordained by the same Presbytery Oct. 3, 1872.
He was pastor of the church at Waynesboro, Pa., from Oct. 23.
1872, to April 13, 1876; stated supply of the church at Mc-
Connellsburg, Pa., from September 1876 to April 1877; pastor-
elect of the same church together with Green Hill and Wells
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Valley churches from the latter date until installed their pastor
May 23, 1878, being released from these charges June 9, 1880;
pastor of the church at Dauphin, Pa., from Oct. 18, 1880, to
April 28, 1884; pastor of the Bloomfield and Shermansdale
churches from Aug. 14, 1884, to Aug. 1, 1892; pastor of the
church at Muncy, Pa., from Jan. 5, 1894, to Dec. 10, 1896;
pastor of the church at Dauphin, Pa., from Oct. 31, 1899, to
June 2, 1903, and stated supply of the Park Lane Mission at
Mechanicsburg, Pa., from December 1905 to March 1906. He
resided during this time at Mechanicsburg, Pa., and continued
there until his death in Mechanicsburg, May 13, 1917, of
paralysis, in the 73rd year of his age. He was buried at New
Bloomfield, Pa. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery of Car-
lisle from 1903 until his death. After giving up regular pas-
toral work he preached much as a supply in the churches of the
Presbytery of Carlisle.
He was twice married: (1) Feb. 24, 1875, in Welsh Run,
Pa., to Rose E. Bowles, who died Aug. 17, 1884; (2) Oct. 5,
1886, in Chester, Pa., to Elizabeth M. McElwee, who with two
sons and one daughter by his first marriage survives him.
ERNEST SAMUEL EAYNE,
Son of the Rev. Dr. James and Jane (Archibald) Bayne, was
born Sept. 12, 1848, in Londonderry, N. S., Canada. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Prince Street Presby-
terian Church of Pictou, N. S., at the age of seventeen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in the Pictou Academy and
in private study, and he graduated from Dalhousie College,
Halifax, in 1871. He then spent one year in teaching and
preaching. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1872,
taking the full three years' course there and graduating in
1875. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick
Feb. 3, 1875, and ordained by the Presbytery of Prince Ed-
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ward Island Jan. 18, 1876, being at the same time installed
pastor of the church at Murray Harbor, P. E. I. He was re-
leased from this charge April 27, 1884. He was pastor of the
church at Middle Musquodoboit, N. S., from May 13, 1884,
to March 30, 1890, and of the churches at Mabou and Port
Hood, N. S., from Dec. 30, 1890, until his death, Feb. 20, 1918,
in the hospital at Antigonish, N. S., of a malignant tumor, in
the 70th year of his age. He was buried in Mabou, N. S.
He was married May 27, 1879, in Valleyfield, P. E. I., to
Isabella Forbes Robertson Monro, who died Oct. 17, 1917.
Two sons survive him.
ADOLPE LEHMANN, D.D.,
Son of Michael and Susanna (Krehbiel) Lehmann was born
Nov. 6, 1847, in Savannah, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in Zion's German Evangelical Church at the age
of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued at the
Academy at Savannah, O., and he graduated from Wooster
University in 1875. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the
fall of the same year, he remained there two and one-half
years. He spent the last six months of his theological course
in the Western Theological Seminary, from which he gradu-
ated in 1878. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Wooster
June 14, 1877, an( l ordained by the Presbytery of Zanesville
March 4, 1880. He was stated supply of the Dresden and
Adam's Mills churches, O., from November 1878 until installed
the pastor of the former March 4 and the latter March 26,
1880, being released from these charges Sept. 13, 1887. He
was pastor of the church at Nottingham, O., from June 7, 1888,
to Nov. 1, 1902; stated supply of the church at Stillwater, O.,
from 1896 to 1902; stated supply of the church at Beech
Springs, O., from 1902 to 1903, and pastor of the church at
Springdale, O., from Dec. 29, 1903, to Feb. 16, 1914. After
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this he continued his residence in Springdale until his death
there, Sept. 16, 1917, of cancer, in the 70th year of his age. He
was buried at Wooster, O. He received the honorary degree
of D.D. from Wooster University in 1895.
He was twice married: (1) Nov. 28, 1878, at Sulphur
Springs, O., to Anna Mary Blayney, who died Oct. 20, 1906 ;
(2) Aug. 28, 1912, in Springdale, O., to Mrs. Luella (Hilts)
Pfaff, who with three sons and four daughters by his first
wife survives him.
HECTOR ALEXANDER McLEAN,
Son of Neil and Susanna (Frazer) McLean, was born May 28.
1848, at Port Hill, Prince Edward's Island, Canada. He made
a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at
Towanda, 111., at the age of twenty. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Illinois Wesleyan University and he grad-
uated -from Princeton University in 1875. Entering the Semi-
nary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took the full
three years' course there, graduating in 1878. He was li-
censed and ordained by the Presbytery of Chester Sept. 9, 1878,
being at the same time installed pastor of the church at Dill-
worthtown, Pa. He was released from this charge Feb. 24,
1881. He was stated supply of the church at Central City,
Neb., from 1881 to 1882 ; of the church at Lone Tree, Neb., in
1883 ; pastor of the Drawyers Church, Odessa, Del., from
1884 to 1888, and pastor of the church of the Forks of the
Brandywine, Pa., from Nov. 15, 1888, to Jan. 2y, 1914. After
this he resided in Coatesville, Pa., until his death there, April
29, 1917, of dilation of the heart, in the 69th year of his age.
He was buried at Mount Holly, N. J.
He was married Jan. 27, 1880, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Jose-
phine Butterworth, who with one son survives him.
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ALFRED IIEEBNER,
Son of Henry Reed and Elizabeth Ann (Lewis) Heebner, was
born Aug. 27, 1851, in Port Carbon, Pa. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church at Port Car-
bon at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Blair Presbyterial Academy at Blairstown, N. J.,
and he graduated from Lafayette College in 1876. He entered
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year, remain-
ing two years. He was ordained to the ministry of the Metho-
dist Church by Bishop Warren in 1882. He served the follow-
ing churches as a Methodist minister : Friedensville, Pa., and
Redington, Pa., both before his ordination. After this he was
pastor of the church at Chapmans, Pa., 1882-84; the church at
Glendon, Pa., 1884-87; the church at Birdsborough, Pa., 1888:
the Mount Pleasant Ave. Church, Germantown, Pa., 1889-91 ;
the Simpson Memorial Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1892-95 ; the
church at Shenandoah, Pa., 1896-97; the St. John's Church,
Philadelphia, 1898-1900; the church at Port Richmond, Phila-
delphia, 1901-02 ; the church at Tacony, Pa., 1903-05 ; the
Fitzwater Street Church, Philadelphia, 1906-07; the Mount
Carmel Church, Philadelphia, 1908-10; the church at Schuyl-
kill Haven, Pa., 191 1, and the Ridge Avenue Church, Roxboro,
Philadelphia, 1912-15. He died March 16, 1916, in Philadel-
phia, of Bright's disease, in the 65th year of his age. He was
buried in the Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia.
He was married July 1, 1880, at Easton, Pa., to Tillie Ma-
son, who with three daughters survives him.
HUGH PRITCHARD,
Son of David and Mary (Roberts) Pritchard, was born Feb.
12, 1850, in Liverpool, England. He united with the Calvinistic
Methodist Church, England, at the age of twelve. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in Chicago, 111., and he was a
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student in Princeton University in the class of 1877, Dut did
not graduate. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1877,
taking the full three years' course there and graduating in
1880. He was licensed by a Welsh Presbytery in May 1875,
and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of New York
Nov. 23, 1882. He served the Alexander Chapel, connected
with the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church of New York, as
its minister from 1880 to 1913. He was also chaplain during
this time of the Home for Aged Women in New York for a
number of years. He died Dec. 26, 1917, in New York City,
of a tumor of the liver, in the 68th year of his age. He was
buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery of New York City.
He was married July 9, 1885, in New York City, to Emilie
Handte, who with one son and one daughter survives him.
LESLIE LEMOND OVERMAN,
Son of Elias and Ruth Ann (Reece) Overman, was born Feb.
11, 1853, in Hillsboro, O. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Presbyterian church of Hillsboro at the age of
twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pursued in the
Hillsboro High School and in the Preparatory Department of
Wooster University, from which institution he graduated in
1879. Entering the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the
same year he took the full three years' course there, graduat-
ing in 1882. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Chillicothe
July 11, 1882, and ordained by the Presbytery of Portsmouth
Nov. 8, 1882. He was stated supply of the Winchester and
Sardinia churches, O., 1882-83 ; stated supply of the church
at McNeilly, Tenn., 1884-87; pastor's assistant of the church
at Talladega, Ala., 1887-88; stated supply of the church of
South Pittsburgh, Tenn., 1888-89; pastor of the church at
Montgomery, O., from July 12, 1887, to June 18, 1894; pastor
of the Page Boulevard Church, St. Louis, Mo., from Oct. II,
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1894, to July 15, 1896; pastor's assistant of the Lafayette Park
Church, St. Louis, Mo., 1896-97 ; pastor's assistant of the Sec-
ond Church, St. Louis, 1897-98; pastor's assistant of the Hol-
land Memorial Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1898-1901, and pas-
tor's assistant of the Arch Street Church, Philadelphia, 1901-
09. He continued his residence in Philadelphia after this and
from 1913 to 1914 was associate pastor of the Richardson
Memorial Church of Philadelphia. He died Sept. 14, 1917, in
Hillsboro, O., of Bright's disease, in the 65th year of his age.
He was buried at Hillsboro. He was a commissioner to the
General Assembly of 1907. He was unmarried.
JOHN NEWTON FORMAN,
Son of Charles William and Margaret Janvier (Newton) For-
man, was born July 11, 1863, in Amritsar, India. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of
Lahore, India, at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Preparatory Department of Wabash Col-
lege and he graduated from Princeton University in 1884. He
entered the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year,
remaining the first year and part of the second, when he left
the Seminary and spent a year in visiting the colleges of the
United States and Canada in the interest of the Student Vol-
unteer Movement for foreign missions. He was licensed and
ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick Sept. 19, 1887,
having devoted himself to the work of foreign missions. He
was stationed at first at Farukhabad, India, where he remained
from 1887 to 1901. At this time he returned to the United
States, having his headquarters in New York City and travel-
ling through the country and delivering addresses in the inter-
est of foreign missions. He was stationed in Etah, India,
from 1903 to 1905 ; at Saharanpur in 1906, and at Mainpuri
from 1907 until his death. He came to this country again
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on furlough in 1908 and 1917. He died Nov. 24, 1917, when
visiting the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, of
heart disease, in the 55th year of his age. He was buried in
Lowville, N. Y. He was a commissioner to the General As-
sembly of 1901.
He was married Sept. 30, 1890, in Landour, N. W. P., India^
to Emily Margaret Foote, who with one daughter survives him.
JAMES WILSON WILLIAMS,
Son of Joseph and Jane (Wilson) Williams, was born Dec. 11,
1863, in Radnor, Pa. He made a public confession of his
faith in the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Berwyn, Pa., at
the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Berwyn Academy and in the York Collegiate Institute,
and he graduated from Princeton University in 1887. Enter-
ing the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he
took the full three years' course there, graduating in 1890.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Chester Sept. 30, 1890,
and ordained by the Presbytery of Lehigh Oct. 7, 1890. He
was pastor of the church at Ashland, Pa., from Oct. 28, 1890,
to April 22, 1891 ; of the church at Dunmore, Pa., from May
19, 1891, to Nov. 10, 1895; associate pastor of the Second
Church of Philadelphia from Dec. 1, 1897, to Feb. 1, 1904,
and pastor of the church at Abington, Pa., from Feb. 23, 1904,
until his death, March 3, 1918, in the Presbyterian Hospital
of Philadelphia of heart trouble, in the 55th year of his age.
He was buried in the cemetery of the Green Valley Presby-
terian Church, near Berwyn, Pa.
He was married April 19, 1904, in Ardmore, Pa., to Harriet
Turley Allen, who survives him.
JOSEPH EDWARD MAXWELL, D.D..
Son of Bezaleel Wells and Anna (Wise) Maxwell, was born
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April 6, 1856, near Berlin, O. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Hayesville, O., at
the age of twenty-two. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Langton Academy in Philadelphia, Pa. He then entered
Princeton University and was obliged to interrupt his course
at the close of his senior year, but was given the degree of
A.B. in 1891 as of the class of 1884. From 1883 to 1886 he
engaged in business as a member of a milling firm in Millers-
burg, O. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1888, re-
maining three years, but did not graduate. He was licensed by
the Presbytery of Wooster, May 12, 1891, and ordained by the
same Presbytery Sept. 28, 1891. He was stated supply of the
church at Berlin, O., from 1891 to 1894, and stated supply
of the church at Millersburg, O., from July 1891 until in-
stalled its pastor May 18, 1892, and was released from this
charge Sept. 19, 1894. From January to September, 1895, he
supplied the church at Hinsdale, 111. He then went to Ger-
many and became a student in the University of Leipzig.
From 1897 to 1904 he was pastor of the American-British
Church in Leipzig. Returning to this country in 1904 he be-
came professor of New Testament Literature in Wooster Uni-
versity and continued such until 1906. He was professor of
Biblical Instruction in Occidental College, Los Angeles, Cal.,
from 1906 to 1907, and professor of Philosophy in Emporia
College, Kansas, from 1907 to 1909. After this he resided in
Cleveland, O., from 1910 to 1914 ; in Washington, D. C, from
1915 to 1916, and in Atlantic City, N. J., from 1917 until his
death. He died Nov. 16, 1917, in Pittsburgh, Pa., of heart
trouble, in the 62nd year of his age. He was buried at Pitts-
burgh. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Coe
College, Iowa, in 1905. He was a correspondent of the
Christian Work and Evangelist for a number of years while
residing abroad.
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He was twice married: (i) Oct. i, 1895, m London, Eng-
land, to Sarah Anna Hiigel, who died March 10, 1912; (2)
June 29, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Jessie Armstrong, who
survives him.
CONWAY BLIZARD ROGERS,
Son of James and Marianne (Blizard) Rogers, was born
March 26, 1865, in Fort View, Ireland. He made a public
confession of his faith in the Glascar Presbyterian Church,
County Down, Ireland. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the Royal Academical Institution of Belfast, and he gradu-
ated from Queen's College, Belfast, in 1888. He then took two
years of his theological course in the Assembly's College,
Belfast. Coming to this country he entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1890 as a senior, graduating in 1891. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Central, April 13,
1891, and ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Sacra-
mento Oct. 16, 1894. He was stated supply of the churches
of LaGrange and Canton, Mo., from June 1891 to July 1892;
stated supply of the Holly Park Church, San Francisco, Cal.,
from 1893 to 1894; stated supply of the church at Elk Grove,
Cal., from March 1894 to August 1895 ; stated supply of the
church at Ventura, Cal., from September 1895 to May 1906,
and pastor of the First Church of Hayward, Cal., from May
2, 1906, until his death. He died Jan. 13, 1918, in a hospital
in San Francisco, Cal., after an operation, in the 53rd year
of his age. He was buried at Hayward, Cal.
He was married March 14, 1895, in Elk Grove, Cal., to Ruth
LeBoyd, who with one son and two daughters survives him.
ROBERT HARLEY BOTELER,
Son of Thomas and Mary A. (Haig) Boteler, was born April
7, 1859, in Elizabeth, Texas. He made a public confession
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of his faith in the Methodist Episcopal church of Trinity,
Ala., at the age of twenty-four. His preparatory studies were
pursued in Mountain Home, Ala. He was a student in Hart-
sells College, Alabama, and later in Oxford College, Alabama,
but did not graduate. He engaged in preaching during 1890
in the Hartsells group of Methodist churches, Alabama, dur-
ing 1 89 1 in the Methodist churches at Weavers, New Lebanan
and Marble Springs, and in 1892 in the Methodist churches at
Oxmoor, Springville and Culman. He entered the Seminary
at Princeton as a special student in 1892, remaining one year.
He spent the next year in the Kentucky Theological Seminary.
He was licensed by the Presbytery of Louisville in 1895, an( *
ordained an evangelist by the Presbytery of New Albany May
26, 1896. He was stated supply of the following churches:
Crothersville, Ind., 1897; Pardeeville and Rocky Run, Wis.,
1899; Couillardville, Wis., 1900-03; Sackwaukee, Wis., 1904-
05 ; Sherry, Wis., 1906-07 ; the Burton Memorial and Liberty
churches, Illinois, with his residence at Quincy, 1908-09; New
Salem and Baylis churches, 111., 1909-10, and of the church
at Dell Rapids, S. D., 1910-11. He was pastor of the church
at Providence, O., from June 20, 191 1, to Sept. 10, 1912; stated
supply at New Sharon, la., 1912-14; stated supply at Hazel-
ton, Pa., 1914-15, and stated supply at Nemo, S. D., 1916-17.
After this he resided at Greenfield, Okl., until his death March
7, 1918, at Greenfield, of Bright's disease, in the 59th year of
his age. He was buried at Gary, Okl.
He was twice married: (1) Dec. 26, 1888, in Hartsells,
Ala., to Mary Kansas Lee, who died May 21, 1891 ; (2) Aug.
30, 1892, in Weaver, Ala., to Anna Hubbard, who with one
son and one daughter survives him.
JOHN MONTGOMERY, D.D.,
Son of William and Elizabeth (Brannan) Montgomery, was
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born Dec. 10, 1862, in New Stark, O. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Ada, O., at
the age of twenty-one. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Preparatory Department of the Ohio Northern
University at Ada, and he graduated from this institution in
1887. From this year until 1890 he was superintendent of the
public schools of Belle Center, O. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1891, remaining two years. While a student in
the Seminary he took a course in Princeton University, from
which he graduated in 1892. He was licensed and ordained by
the Presbytery of Lima June 6, 1893. He was stated supply
of the church at Paulding, O., from May 1893 to March 1894;
pastor of the First Church of Newark, O., from April 24,
1894, to Feb. 20, 1899, pastor of the First Church of Findlay,
O., from May 2, 1899, to Sept. 24, 1906, and of the church
at Piqua, O., from Nov. 13, 1906, until his death there Oct.
23, 1 91 7, as the result of an automobile accident, in the 55th
year of his age. He was buried at Piqua. He received the
honorary degree of D.D. from the Ohio Northern University
in 1901. He was for a time president of the Miami County
Humane Society.
He was married May 16, 1894, in Plymouth, O., to Nora
Estelle BeVier, who with one son and five daughters survives
him.
EDWABD McCULLOUGE CALVIN, D.D.,
Son of Alexander McCullough and Amanda (Johnston) Cal-
vin, was born Dec. 1, 1868, in Wilmington, 111. He made a
public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church
of Mercer, Pa., at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies
were pursued in the Preparatory Department of Grove City
College and he was a student in that college until the end of
his junior year, when ill health prevented his completing his
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college course in the class of '89. He engaged in work as a
missionary teacher in Alaska from 1890 to 1891. In April
1892 he was given a license to preach for one year by the
Presbytery of Olympia, and he supplied churches in the State
of Washington from 1892 to 1893. Entering the Seminary at
Princeton in 1893 he took the full three years' course, grad-
uating in 1896. His temporary license by the Presbytery of
Olympia was renewed April 12, 1893, and he was ordained by
the same Presbytery Sept. 26, 1896. He was stated supply of
the church at Carbonado, Wash., from July 1896 to April
1897. He began serving the church at Mills City, Mont., as
pastor-elect in April 1897 and was installed its pastor June 27,
1898, being released from this charge July 20, 1905. In April
1906 he began serving the church at Chester, 111., as pastor-
elect, was installed its pastor May 10, 1907, and released Feb.
19, 1909. His last pastorate was over the Westminster Church,
Anacortes, Wash., from April 29, 1909, until his death, June
9, 1917, in the Seattle General Hospital, Wash., of an obscure
disease from which he had suffered for fifteen years, in the
59th year of his age. He was buried in Miles City, Mont. He
received the honorary degree of D.D. from Blackburn Univer-
sity, Illinois, in 1912. He was a commissioner to the General
Assembly of 1901. He had studied medicine at Ann Arbor
with a view to becoming a foreign missionary, but ill health
prevented his going abroad. He organized the church at
Carbonado, Wash.
He was married Dec. 17, 1896, in Winfield, la., to Ella Belle
Clark, who with one son survives him.
SAMUEL CRAIG HUSTON,
Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Miller) Huston, was born Aug.
11, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa. He made a public confession
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of his faith in the Gaston Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia,
at the age of fourteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in the York Collegiate Institute, Pennsylvania, and he grad-
uated from Princeton University in 1892. He spent the fol-
lowing year as a teacher of Greek in the Mount Pleasant
Academy, Ossinning, N. Y. He entered the Seminary at
Princeton in 1893, taking the full three years' course there
and graduating in 1896. He spent the next year in study and
writing in the Free Church College of Edinburgh and the
Edinburgh University, as well as a short time in the University
of Glasgow, and later at Oxford, England. He was licensed
by the Presbytery of Philadelphia May 18, 1896, and ordained
by the same Presbytery April 1, 1901. He supplied the
Chambers-Wylie Memorial Church of Philadelphia during part
of 1897. After this he spent some time in travel, making a
trip around the world. He supplied the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., for ten months
in 1900. He did not continue in the work of the ministry, but
engaged in work as an art critic and in literary work with
his residence in Philadelphia. For a time he worked in the office
of a brother who was an architect. During the war he was
an assistant director in the Department of Allied Bodies of the
Public Safety Committee of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania, representing the religious bodies in this work. He died
Dec. 24, 191 7, in Philadelphia, of heart disease, in the 49th
year of his age. He was buried in the North Laurel Hill
Cemetery in Philadelphia. He was chaplain of the 22nd
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Spanish
War, and was a member of the Committee of Records of the
Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia.
He was married Sept. 26, 1916, in Chelsea, N. J., to Gertrude
Turner, who survives him.
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CHARLES FREDERICK MORRISON,
Son of the Rev. Dr. John Hunter and Elizabeth Amalia (Reu-
ther) Morrison, was born Aug. 7, 187 1, in Ambala, the Punjab,
India. He made a public confession of his faith in the First
Presbyterian Church of Oxford, O., at the age of twelve. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Mt. Hermon, Mass., and
he graduated from Princeton University in 1894. Entering
the Seminary at Princeton in the fall of the same year he took
the full three years' course there, graduating in 1897. He
was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 20,
1897, but was not ordained. He was engaged in service in a
Hospital Corps of the United States Army from 1898 to 1901.
He then returned to Princeton Seminary as a graduate stu-
dent, remaining one year. He engaged in teaching in North
Dakota from December 1902 to June 1904, and was a mission-
ary teacher at Illagan, Philippine Islands, from 1905 to 1906,
and at Pasig, Philippine Islands, from 1906 to 1908. Returning
to the country he engaged in teaching at Spring Dale, Wash.,
for some years after 1908. He died Feb. 22, 1918, in Birming-
ham, Ala., of appendicitis, in the 47th year of his age. He was
buried in the Elm Wood Cemetery, of Birmingham.
He was married Aug. 6, 1903, in Lawrenceville, N. J., to
Eleanor Van Cleve DeWitt, who with three sons survives him.
FRANCIS YOUNG NICHOLS,
Son of Edward Young and Permelia (Cheek) Nichols, was
born March 22, 1873, at Pekin, 111. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the First Presbyterian Church of Clinton,
Mo., at the age of thirteen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in the Clinton Academy and he graduated from Bellevue
College, Nebraska, in 1897. Entering the Seminary at Prince-
ton in the fall of the same year he took the full three years'
course there, graduating in 1900. He was licensed and or-
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dained by the Presbytery of Dubuque Sept. 19, 1900. He was
stated supply of the churches of Littleton and Otterville, la.,
from June 1900 to January 1903 ; pastor of the First Church of
Savanna, 111., from 1903 until 1909; and pastor of the church
at Oelwein, la., from May 12, 1909 to Sept 16. 1914. During
the latter year he was chaplain and instructor in the Bible in
Park College, Missouri. At this time ill health interrupted his
active work. He died March 20, 1918, in Clinton, Mo., of
valvular heart disease, within two days of the completion of
his 45th year. He was buried at Clinton.
He was married June 16, 1904, in Clinton, Mo., to Ella May
Canan, who with two sons survives him.
JOHN WYTHE LEWIS,
Son of John Franklin and Mary (Sneed) Lewis, was born
March 24, 1881, in Louisville, Ky. He made a public confes-
sion of his faith in the College Street Presbyterian Church of
Louisville, at the age of eight. His preparatory studies were
pursued in the high school at Louisville and in a night school
in Buffalo, N. Y. He was a student in Westminster College,
Missouri, from 1899 to 1902, and in New York University from
1904 until his graduation in 1906. He was a student in Union
Theological Seminary, New York, from 1905 to 1906, when
he entered the Seminary at Princeton as a middler, com-
pleting his course there and graduating in 1908. He was
licensed by the Presbytery of Palmyra June 17, 1907, and or-
dained an evangelist by the Presbytery of Newark Sept. 18,
1908. He engaged in missionary work in Aquadilla, Porto
Rico, during the year after his ordination, when ill health
compelled him to return to this country. In 1910 he engaged
in work as pastor's assistant of the First Church of Lancaster,
Pa., and also supplied the church at Mount Nebo, Pa. He was
pastor of the Union Church of Coleraine, Pa., from Oct. 13,
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1910, to March 15, 1915, and pastor of the church at Waynes-
burg, Pa., from May 11, 1915, to Feb. 9, 1917, when ill health
again obliged him to discontinue his pastoral labors. After
this he resided in Jacksonville, Fla., and later in Lancaster,
Pa., where he died Nov. 8, 19 17, of kidney trouble, in the 37th
year of his age. He was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery
of Lancaster. He was shipping clerk of the Buffalo Meter
Company, of Buffalo, N. Y., from 1897 to 1898; county sec-
retary of the Y. M. C. A. for Colleges in Missouri in 1904,
and general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of New York Uni-
versity from 1904 to 1905.
He was married Sept. 10, 1907, in Shelbina, Mo., to Lena
Armstrong, who with two daughters survives him.
SAMUEL McCULLAGH LINDEN,
Son of Robert and Elizabeth (Baird) Linden, was born Sept.
30, 1891, in Dunkald, Ireland. He made a public confession
of his faith in the Rutland Square Presbyterian Church of
Dublin at the age of sixteen. His preparatory studies were,
pursued in the school at Castleknock under Dr. Hotton, and he
graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 191 2. The first
year of his theological course was spent in the McCrea-Magee
College, Londonderry, 1912-13. He came to Princeton in
1913 and entered the Seminary as a middler, remaining one
year. He then returned to the McCrea-Magee College, com-
pleting his course there. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
Dublin Jan. 24, 191 7. He was a trooper of the North Irish
Horse in 1916, and 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Ar-
tillery from Jan. 24, 1917, until his death, which occurred July
31, 1917, in battle near Ypres, Belgium, in the 26th year of his
age. He was buried in the Vlamertinghe Cemetery near Ypres.
He was married April 24, 1916, in Londonderry, Ireland,
to Florence Elizabeth Neill, who with one son survives him.
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GRADUATE STUDENT
EDWARD PATRICK SHIELDS, D.D.,
Son of Henry Burnett and Joanna Kitchell (Day) Shields,
was born Aug. 31, 1833, in New Albany, Ind. He made
a public confession of his faith in the First Presbyterian
Church of New Albany at the age of fifteen. His pre-
paratory studies were pursued in the Anderson Collegiate
Institute of New Albany and he graduated from Miami
University in 1854. He then entered the New Albany (now
McCormick) Theological Seminary, taking the full three years'
course there and graduating in 1857. In the latter year he
came to Princeton and entered the Seminary as a graduate stu-
dent, remaining one year, pursuing his studies in connection
with the senior class. He was licensed by the Presbytery of
New Albany April 9, 1856, and ordained by the Presbytery
of West Jersey June 2, 1858, being at the same time installed
pastor of the Pittsgrove Church, Daretown, N. J., from which
he was released Dec. 21, 1870. He was pastor of the church at
Cape May, N. J., from Feb. 1, 1871, to Feb. 4, 1884, and of
the church at Bristol, Pa., from May 1, 1884, to April 20, 1897,
at which time he was honorably retired from the active minis-
try and took up his residence in Bridgeton, N. J., where he
died Oct. 19, 1917, of heart disease and paralysis, in the 85th
year of his age. He was buried in the cemetery adjoining the
Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church of Daretown, N. J. He re-
ceived the honorary degree of D.D. from Miami University in
1887. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly in 1863,
in 1873, an d in 1890. He was stated clerk of the Presbytery
of West Jersey from 1872 to 1884. He was county superin-
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tendent of public instruction of Cape May County, N. J., from
1881 to 1884. He published several sermons.
He was twice married: (1) April 19, 1858, in New Albany,
Ind., to Sarah Scovel, who died Jan. 13, 1890; (2) June 2,
1897, in Bridgeton, N. J., to Mrs. Sarah (Paulding) Johnson,
who with two sons and two daughters by his first wife survives
him.
INDEX
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Bayxe, Ernest Samuel 544
Boteler, Robert Harley 552
Brace, Robert James 526
Brown, James Duncan 540
Brown, Walter Scott 523
Califf, Stephen Allen 527
Calvin, Edward McCullough 554
Carleton, Israel 525
Carmichael, John Milton 521
Chambers, Robert 537
Collier, Francis James 522
Forman, John Newton 549
Fullerton, George Humphrey 520
Gage, Henry Bartlett 541
Gregory, Caspar Rene 538
Griffin, Henry Lumpkin 542
Hall, Henry Rodney 535
Heebner, Alfred 547
Honeyman, William Edgar 526
Huston, Samuel Craig 555
Johnson, Charles Everett 517
Lehmann, Adolph 545
Lewis, John Wythe 558
Linden, Samuel McCullagh 559
Littell, Levi Clark 529
McClean, Robert Finley 543
McComb, Peter Hathaway Kemper 535
McGinley, John Alexander 521
AIcKinley, Washington Dawson 516
McLean, Hector Alexander 546
McMillan, George Whitefield 518
Matthews, Charles Henry 515
Maxwell, Joseph Edgar 550
Montgomery, John 553
Morey, Alexander Bullions 519
Morrison, Charles Frederick 557
Nichols, Francis Young 557
Overman, Leslie Lemond 548
Pritchard, Hugh 547
Rogers, Conway Blizard 552
Scott, Robert 528
Shields, Edward Patrick 560
Somes, Arthur Hubbard 530
Stebbins, Henry Hamlin 533
Trask, John Low Rogers 534
Wade, Lewis Harvey 517
Williams, James Wilson 550
Worden, James Avery 531
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
PRESENTED TO THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING
May 6th, 1919
By the Editor
Entered at the Post Office at Princeton, N. J., as second-class mail matter
564 [1919
NOTICE
The Editor of the Necrological Reports earnestly solicits the aid of
all the Alumni of the Seminary in the preparation of these Reports.
When an alumnus dies, newspaper notices, funeral or memorial ser-
mons, and any other information will be gratefully received. Let these
be sent, as soon as possible after the death of the person to whom they
relate, to
JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Princeton, N. J.
OFFICERS
OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FOR THE YEAR 1919-1920
Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., '95, President
Rev. George Alexander, D.D., '70, Vice-President
Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04, Secretary
Rev. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91, Treasurer
Rev. Lewis B. Paton, D.D., '90 1 Additional Members
Rev. Walter B. Greenway, '00 I of the
Rev. Reid S. Dickson, '10 {Executive Committee
I9I93 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 565
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Princeton, N. J., May 6th, 1919.
The Alumni Association met for luncheon in Stuart Hall at
12.30 p. m., with the Vice-President, the Rev. Lewis S. Mudge,
D.D., '95, in the chair, in the unavoidable absence of the Presi-
dent, the Rev. Malcolm J. McLeod, D.D., '90. A blessing was
asked by the Rev. R. Hamill Nassau, S.T.D., '59. After
luncheon the Association was called to order for a business
session.
The President of the Seminary, the Rev. J. Ross Steven-
son, D.D., LL.D., was requested to send a telegram of regrets
and greetings, in the name of the Association, to Dr. McLeod.
The Executive Committee recommended the election of the
following officers for the year 1919-1920, and they were duly
elected :
President — The Rev. Lewis S. Mudge, D.D., '95
Vice-President — The Rev. George Alexander, D.D., 'jo
Secretary — The Rev. Harold McA. Robinson, '04
Treasurer — The Rev. Prof. Charles R. Erdman, D.D., '91
566 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. I I 9 I 9
Additional members of the Executive Committee — The Rev.
Prof. Lewis B. Paton, D.D., '90; the Rev. Walter B. Green-
way, D.D., 'oo; and the Rev. Reid S. Dickson, '10.
In the absence of the Treasurer, the Treasurer's report was
presented by the Rev. W. Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D., '80. It
was adopted as follows :
Charles R. Erdman, in account with the Alumni Association of Prince-
ton Theological Seminary
Balance as per last report - $124.56
Received from the Baltimore Alumni Association 7.50
Received from the Philadelphia Alumni Association.. 4.00
Total $136.06
Paid for special instruction in Homiletics 125.00
Balance on hand May, 1919 11.06
The President of the Seminary was instructed to send a
cablegram of affectionate greetings, in the name of the Asso-
ciation, to the Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., LL.D., '65,
President-emeritus of the Seminary.
At the conclusion of the business meeting, after-dinner
speeches were made by the following: The Rev. Isaac M.
Patterson, representing the class of 1859; the R ev - W. S. C.
Webster, D.D., representing the class of 1869; the President of
the Seminary who spoke on "The Seminary in the War'' ; the
Rev. Prof. J. Gresham Machen, '05, who spoke on "The Church
in the War"; and the Rev. John McDowell, D.D., '95s, who
spoke on "The Church after the War."
The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. J. M. Barkley,
D.D., '79, and the Association adjourned.
Harold McA. Robinson,
Secretary.
I9 J 9] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 567
ABSTRACT OF THE
NECROLOGICAL REPORT
FOR 1919
The Report for the year ending March 31, 1919, contains notices
of two Directors, Silas B. Brownell, LL.D., First Vice-President of the
Board, and the Rev. John R. Davies, D.D., also an alumnus, and
sixty-eight other former students of the Seminary. Nine of these died
in previous years, but the fact of their death did not come to the at-
tention of the Editor in time for this Report.
Of the sixty-nine, the oldest was the Rev. Thomas Kirby Davis,
of the class of 1850, who died at the age of ninety-two years and ten
months, and was the oldest alumnus. Fifteen others had passed their
eightieth year, sixteen their seventieth and fourteen their sixtieth. The
youngest, David Paul, died at the age of twenty-five years. He was
killed in France. The average age of the sixty-nine was sixty-four
years and one month. The average confessional age, as far as ob-
tained, was sixteen years and four months.
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The Report contains the following names
DIRECTORS
Silas Brown Brownell, LL.D.
John Rumsey Davies, D.D.
DIED
June 12, 1918
March 15, 1919
ALUMNI
CLASS
1850. Thomas Kirby Davis, D.D.
1857. Joshua Bolles Garritt, Ph.D., D.D.
1858. Edward John Hamilton, D.D., LL.D.
1859. Moses Noerr
i860. John Dodds Pering
1861. William Henry Hodge
Kneeland Platt Ketcham, D.D.
John Wherry, D.D.
John C. Wilhelm
1863. Henry Mitchell McCracken, D.D., LL.D.
John Woods, D.D.
1864. Edward Payson Cowan, D.D.
Samuel S. Mitchell, D.D.
Willis Burt Phelps
George Lewis Shearer, D.D.
1865. George Spafford Bergen
John Fenton Hendy, D.D.
James Renfrew Johnson
1866. Reading Beatty Johns
George Meriwether McCampbell
1867. John Blair Edmondson
John Lambert Gage
Benjamin Pitcher Johnson
1869. William Glasgow Cairnes
1870. James Rodgers
1873. Harlan Page Ustick, M.D.
1875. Johnston McGaughey
died
24, 1918
31, 1918
21, 1918
3. 1918
2, 1918
March 22, 1919
Sept. 28, 1918
2, 1919
10, 1918
24, 1918
6, 191 8
13, 1918
7, 1919
30, 1918
March 10, 1919
Feb. 20, 1919
14, 1918
Dec.
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Nov.
Aug.
Jan.
Jan.
Nov.
Dec.
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5, 1919
15, 1918
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22, 1918
25, 1918
1, 1918
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13, 1918
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1876. John Wayne Jones, D.D.
1877. Thomas S. Huggart
Harry Holmes Wikoff
1878. Thomas Milton Thompson, D.D.
1879. Harvey Wlson Flinn
Simon John McPherson, D.D.
1880. John Merrill Kyle
John Hood Laughlin
1882. Robert Alfred Bryant
1884. Lewis Franklin Brown
James Irvine Campbell
John Rumsey Davies, D.D.
Samuel Gulick Hutchison
1885. Frank Patrick Gilman
Benjamin Lewis Hobson, D.D., LL.D.
1886. Alexander Macy Irvine, D.D.
William Hutchison McMurray
1887. David Bruce Fitzgerald
George Gillespie
Charles James Howell
1888. William Mann Tufts, D.D.
1890. Robert Milton Latimer, D.D.
1892. William Ambrose Shedd, D.D.
1893. Edward Barth Teis
1894. Conover Samuel Osborne
1895. Franklin John Barackman
1900. James Glenn Young
1902. Edwhn Ernest Curtis
1003. Walter Rue Murray
1908. Frank Benjamin Allen
1909. Alexander Stuart
1910. Frederick Buck Limerick*
1913- John Calvin Ely, Jr.
William James Stoops
1914. Andrew Charles Leitch
John William Wichers
1915. Richard Charles Theodore Othen
1917. David Paul
Daniel Stevenson Smart
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
1875-1876. George Edwin Gowdy, D.D. Feb. 20, 1919
1882-1883. Hugh Robert McClelland, Ph.D. jjune 28, 1918
1913-1914. John Ambrose Oldland March 6, 1918
1914-1915. William Carithers Coleman Oct. 7, 1918
I9I9] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 571
DIRECTORS
SILAS BROWN BROWNELL, LL.D.,
Son of Moses and Mary (Brown) Brownell, was born Oct.
11, 1830, in Knox, N. Y. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in Troy, N. Y., and he graduated from Union College in
1852. He studied law in New York City and was admitted to
the bar about 1852. He engaged in the practice of law in
New York City during his entire life. He enlisted in Company
4, 7th Regiment, New York Volunteers, April 19, 1861. He
was president of the New York Bible Society from 1870 to
1871, a trustee of Union College and chairman of the Board
of Trustees of Barnard College. He was a member of the
American Geographical Society, of the Presbyterian Union of
New York City and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was
for many years an elder in the Fifth Avenue Church in New
York and the clerk of its session. He became a director of
Princeton Seminary in 1890 and was the first vice-president
of the Board from 1905 until his death, June 12, 1918, in New
York City, in the 88th year of his age. He was buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. He received the honor-
ary degree of LL.D. from Hobart College in 1887 and from
Columbia University in 1909.
He was married Sept. 20, 1869, in Saugerties, N. Y., to
Sarah Stoddard Sheffield, who with four daughters survives
him.
572 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [^Q
JOHN RUMSEY DAVIES, D.D.,
Son of Thomas Young and Hester Ann (Rodgers) Davies, was
born Aug. 9, 1855, in Abergavenny, England. He was brought
to this country by his parents when a young lad. He made a
public confession of his faith in the Washburn Street Presby-
terian Church of Scranton, Pa., at the age of nineteen. His
preparatory studies were pursued in Scranton and he graduated
from Lafayette College in 188 1. He later took a post-grad-
uate course in history in Lafayette College during the years
1888-92. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in 1881 and
was unable to complete his course on account of illness in his
senior year. He was licensed and ordained by the Presby-
tery of Lackawanna, Dec. 10, 1883, being at the same time
installed pastor of the Langcliffe Church at Avoca, Pa., from
which he was released Oct. 6, 1887. He was pastor of the
church at Tyrone, Pa., from Nov. 24, 1887, to Jan. 20, 1893 ; of
the Fourth Avenue Church, New York City, from March 5,
1893, to Sept. 6, 1898, and of the Bethlehem Church, Philadel-
phia, from Oct. 7, 1898, to Nov. 30, 1918. He resigned from
this charge to accept his election as general secretary of the
Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation, which office he
held until his death, March 15, 1919, in Philadelphia, of laryn-
gitis and asthma, in the 64th year of his age. He was buried
at Scranton, Pa. He received the honorary degree of D.D.
from Lafayette College in 1893. Before his death he was ac-
tive in the work of the New Era Movement. Before his elec-
tion as secretary of the Board of Ministerial Relief he had
been a member of that Board and for some years its president.
He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society; Alumni
Trustee of Lafayette College, 1896-1902; manager of the Fall
Conference for Neighboring Ministers and Elders held in
Princeton for several years by appointment of the Board of
I9I9] NECROLOGICAL REPORT. 573
Directors ; and was a director of Princeton Seminary from
1898 until his death.
He was married Dec. 12, 1883, in Dunmore, Pa., to Isabella
Moffatt, who with two daughters survives him.
574 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [l9I9
ALUMNI
THOMAS KIRBY DAVIS, D.D.,
Son of William Stewart and Joanna (Kirby) Davis, was bora
Feb. II, 1826, in Chambersburg, Pa. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the College Church of Yale University
at the age of seventeen. His preparatory studies were pur-
sued in Franklin Academy, Chambersburg, Pa., and he gradu-
ated from Yale University in 1845, being the valedictorian of
his class. He spent the following year teaching in the Acad-
emy at Bedford, Pa. He entered the Seminary at Princeton in
1846 but remained only three months. He returned to the
Seminary as a junior the year following and remained two
years. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, June 13,
1849, and ordained by the same Presbytery, Oct. 2, 1850. He
was stated supply of the church at Fayetteville, Pa., from 1849
to 1850, engaging at the same time in teaching in Chambersburg,
Pa. He was pastor of the churches of Bedford and Schells-
burg, Pa., from Nov. 8, 1850, to June 12, 1855; stated supply
of the First Church of San Francisco, Cal., from July to Au-
gust 1855; engaged in missionary work at Los Angeles, Cal.,
1855-56; stated supply at Stockton, Cal., 1856-57; stated sup-
ply of the church at Middletown, Pa., from March 1858 until
installed its pastor Nov. 10, 1859, this relation being dissolved
April 9, 1862 ; stated supply at Minersville, Pa., 1862-63 ; stated
supply at Mansfield, O., from July 1863 until installed its pas-
tor, Sept. 21, 1865, this relation being dissolved May 9, 1867;
professor of languages in the Vermilion Institute of Hayes-
ville, O., 1867-71 ; stated supply of the churches of Hayes-
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ville and McKay, O., from October 1867 until installed their
pastor Nov. 7, 1868, this relation being dissolved Sept. 13, 1871 ;
he was financial secretary of Wooster University from 1871
to 1875 ; stated supply of the church at Mt. Gilead, O., 1875-76 ;
stated supply of the Loudonville and Perrysville churches, O.,
1875-79; pastor of the Westminster Church, Wooster, O.,
1879-80; stated supply of the church at Lexington, O., 1880-
83; stated supply of the church at West Salem, O., 1885, and
stated supply of the church at Nashville, O., 1885-86. He was
librarian and professor of Bibliography of Wooster University
from 1877 to 1904, when he was made librarian emeritus. Af-
ter this time he was in daily attendance at his desk in the li-
brary until 191 3. He died Dec. 24, 1918, in Wooster, of heart
failure, in the 93rd year of his age. He was the oldest living
alumnus of the Seminary at the time of his death. He was
buried at Wooster, O. He received the honorary degree of
D.D. from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1880, and
in the same year from Parsons College, Fairfield, O. He was
a trustee of the Vermilion Institute and secretary of the Board
from 1867 to 1 87 1 ; a trustee of Wooster University from 1877
to 1900, and secretary of this Board from 1877 to 1908.
Among his publications were The Perpetuity of Literature,
1845; Our National Literature, 1845; Scripture and Logic—
Which?, 1890; Woman's Mind and Mission, 1893; Socialism,
1898; The Calvinistic System, 1900; The Future Life, 1907;
The Davis Family, 1912, and Mind and Spirit: a study in psy-
chology, 191 4. He also wrote many pamphlets and articles
for magazines and newspapers. He was a commissioner to the
General Assembly of 1918, being the oldest member of that
body.
He was married Aug. 14, 1851, in Carlisle, Pa., to Mary
Hayes Proctor, who died March 28, 1908. Two sons and
three daughters survive him.
576 NECROLOGICAL REPORT. [^ l 9
JOSHUA BOLLES GARBITT, Ph.D.. LL.D.,
Son of Joshua and Margaret Cowan (Bolles) Garritt, was
born Jan. 23, 1832, in Litchfield, Conn. He made a public con-
fession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Pelphi, Ind.,
at the age of fifteen. His preparatory studies were pursued
in Delphi under the Rev. E. W. Wright, and he graduated
from Hanover College in 1853. He then spent a year in
teaching in Evansville, Ind. He took the first year of his theo-
logical course, 1854-55, in the New Albany (now McCormick)
Theological Seminary, and entered the Seminary at Princeton
in 1855, remaining one year. He was licensed by the Presby-
tery of Logansport, June 4, 1855, and ordained an evangelist
by the Presbytery of Madison, April 8, 1863. He was pro-
fessor of the Latin and Greek Languages in Hanover College
from 1856 to 1906. During this time he served the following
churches: Lancaster, Ind., 1862-64; Lexington, Ind., 1863-
64; Hanover, Ind., 1866-68, 1873-75, 1878-83, 1885-86. In
1906 he retired from his professorship and was made profes-
sor emeritus. He continued his residence in Hanover, Ind.,
until his death there Aug. 31, 1918, or arterio-sclerosis, in the
87th year of his age. He was buried at Hanover. He received
the degree of Ph.D. from Wooster University in 1881 and the
degree of LL.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1909.
He published numerous lectures and articles in newspapers
and college publications.
He was married Dec. 25, 18